Last minute Christmas shopping at Walgreens in 1993

[@flutebasket4294]

When you catch mom shopping at Walgreens for Christmas, you know it's gonna be one of those _lesser_ Christmases

[@vampirerobot]

😂😂😂

[@kingxerxes3139]

Christmas is never less. The loving you get of your parents is more worth then anything.

[@PJ-sv4iw]

@@kingxerxes3139 uh huh, sure. Now give me a Sega genesis

[@LyricMelodySong]

Christmas is about giving and celebrating the ultimate gift - Jesus, it's not about receiving so if one puts thought into it for another, doesn't matter where its from! The love and thoughtfulness is there.

[@flutebasket4294]

@@LyricMelodySong Thank you, ma'am

[@Lgalitz]

My sis my best friend had just died young of cancer. We were struggling to find the joy and did last minute shopping at Walgreens down the road. It saved us. Walgreens now is only a shadow of what it used to be. :(

[@AquariusBeam]

Awww, my son was 9 months old and loved Barney. He's an AEMT/firefighter now lol.

[@RobbieP2Vlogs]

This is definitely from back when Walgreens had staff behind the photo counter.

[@christiangonzales7429]

every Walgreens I've been to has staff there, but you have to stand around and wait for a while. They even have a push for help button.

[@mrath]

Of course that was when getting actual film developed was still a thing. Nowadays most people store their pictures on their camera or phone.

[@ALegitPooperVideos]

The video quality is very good for 1993

[@cameron8529]

it looks pretty average for 1993. they just took care of the VHS.

[@lorna1000s]

so sad to see older people in the video may and think they may not be alive right now :(

[@brittlia_]

Walgreens nowadays isn’t this busy and normally only has 1 person at the cash register 😂

[@mermaidlu5125]

Even better in and out quicker lol

[@musicguy713]

I worked at Walgreens 10 years ago, around the holidays it pretty crazy. However not like this

[@kheartslasher1754]

I haven’t seen a Walgreens In years lol

[@LINJ638]

Online Shopping has destroyed in-person experience.

[@chellastation]

I kind of feel bad for the 1 person at the cashier. CVS tends to balance employee availability and self-check out.

[@ToeTag9899]

The early 90's how I miss you so much from the music to being a kid and watching TGIF playing SNES going to the movies felt like a big deal. Everything was just better and it's not even close nothing is perfect in life or ever will be but the 90's in general felt as close to perfect as it could get at least for me.

[@felix121984]

Oh yes teenage boys feet were smelly after wearing Sperry Top-Sider Boat shoes buck brown color.

[@pixeltablet]

this was Walgreens at its peak

[@NathanOakes]

I'm thinking Vampire robot is a time traveler....

[@productive23]

Absolutely love these kinda videos

[@camstone5001]

The cashiers had to WORK it back then. That damn cash drawer probably caused carpel tunnel.

[@Myplaylists93]

I like how that lady didn't care that she child was shoeless until she noticed the camera was watching.

[@stevengallant6363]

The year I graduated high school. God do I want to go back.

[@Empresslockness]

I was a senior in hgh school at this time. Class of 94!

[@loganblack4885]

@@Empresslockness I graduated 1992. Man time files!😂

[@retrorhythms]

I smiled so much watching this. Thank you!

[@PkmnTCG615]

Wow once upon a time you could actually buy Christmas gifts at Walgreens. Also those Barney toys gave me such nostalgia. Love seeing these vids

[@vampirerobot]

That's awesome! You still can...I was there the other night shopping for Christmas gifts lol...so these comments are rather humorous to me. Flute's comment here is spot on though 🤣

[@christiangonzales7429]

Walgreens was the best place to go to buy Christmas decorations and candy back then!

[@Mrspiderwalk]

Barney, the Barbie, Kodak and the hair dye box really brought a wave of nostalgia.

[@ne2448]

The old worn out laminate checkout counters are still in existence to this day.

[@irismey]

Our walgreens closed on our street rest in peace 🙏

[@fundude4566]

Imagine watching one of these videos and seeing yourself or one of your family members at the time.

[@jeffreyscorsone991]

back when everything wasnt behind lock and key!

[@MeadeFatLoss]

Christmas 1993, I was 14.

[@brianmeen2158]

Good stuff. These days people don’t really shop at Walgreens - they just walk in and grab what they want and walk out the door 😂😂

[@thiboclarisse1476]

I’ve been to a walgreens in 2024, all the products and the vibe still look and feel the same as 30 years ago

[@AurumUsagi]

IBM 4683s galore! And with their original Model 2s as well.

[@christiangonzales7429]

Takes me back to my childhood, going to the Walgreens in Sharpstown Mall in Houston!!

[@oldradiosnphonographs]

Never was a Barney kid. I was a Nick jr kid!

[@MLaker221]

Those heavy duty batteries... that was the thing that took me back. Lol

[@jolenegoodwin-oh7lg]

I don't think I ever saw Walgreens this busy!

[@KL-tz3cm]

Can you tell us how you have so many videos of the good ol days? Love the videos btw going back in time helps my heart!

[@BudFuddlacker]

It’s called news footage B Roll

[@lavenderflowersfall280]

Okay nowwww I feel more connected with these videos. My clearer memories of the 90s begin in 96 around 6 or 7. All of this from Barney to Barbie in a sort of packaging and technology we have isn't as alien to me as say the 70's or 80's.

[@sylsyd88]

The man in the light green stripe shirt was my elementary teacher also this video should be credited to you is being shared everywhere on social media

[@JoseTwitterFan]

It was the '93 holiday shopping season, and Barney was taking toy aisles all across the country by storm.

[@alyssa0411]

A scientific calculator…perfect for the one you love.

[@ColorMeHoppy]

Any 93 babies here?!

[@brittlia_]

I love your channel! These videos have me wondering if the people were ever creeped out by the camera 😂😂😂

[@vampirerobot]

Thanks Brittlia that makes me happy 😀

[@LarryDickmann]

In the 80s and 90s we weren't creeped out by everything like today. As matter of fact, the folks being video taped probably thought it was for a research project or news channel and didn't go full Megladon Karen on him.

[@craigc1879]

That’s handheld scanner works better than todays.

[@d_hurl]

I was just a lil keed in 93, but I remember some of this junk- probably was still floating around Walgreens for years to come. This reminds me of something I still to this day never got used to; Our newer Monopoly style money- 5, 10s & 20s. The old bills had a certain legitimacy to them. The newer one's just suck.

[@mistressmochi2195]

I had one of those Barney dolls. I would have been almost 2 months old when this was filmed. Barney was the best.

[@hectorlopez1069]

I was 7 in 93, barney dolls kids would want to get and tell their parents to buy it for them.

[@kingxerxes3139]

Thank you❤

[@salvambala7779]

I love this channel cuz as random as it is, it is very nostalgic. Can you post more movie premiere videos

[@trouble9939]

Days when people had respect for oneself and others. How I miss the good old days!

[@Spiral.Dynamics]

Look at the happy holidays shirt lol That must have been when the war on Christmas started!

[@melissadawncoaching]

This is my new favourite channel

[@vampirerobot]

Thank you Melissa 🙂

[@aaronesq]

Where I live today, we have to ask to buy cigarettes (although I don't smoke). It is a great thing now to keep the wrong people from accessing stuff like that! I'd wish we'd go back to simpler times like these!

[@productive23]

You gained a subscriber today 🔥🔥🔥

[@iLuseMy1v1s]

Last minute Christmas shopping at Walgreens sounds like the worst possible idea.

[@billykincaid7095]

5:19 WHAT THE HECK IS JUSTIN BIEBER DOING THERE

[@UncleTravelingMatt2]

I think even Walgreens had a little section for POGs in 1993.

[@americaelibertas2453]

I love nobody has been perturbed by the fact they are being videotaped. Can you imagine what would happen if someone tried to do that today?

[@ville666sora]

Because it's b roll news footage, not some random a-hole filming you for no reason lol

[@ne2448]

1990s merchandising drugstore at its peak!

[@hectorlopez1069]

Barney the purple dinosaur we watched on TV in the 90s. I like that i love you, you love me song. Sweet 90s kids thing.

[@MarkMeadows90]

Christmas shopping at Walgreens? Now, that definitely is a last minute kinda option lol

[@vampirerobot]

Right? lol

[@islandbee]

Better than 7Eleven. That's where Alex P Keaton shopped at for Xmas on the show Family Ties.

[@matthews832]

Walgreens today is the Dollar Tree with Tiffany's prices and they're lucky if they can even staff a pharmacist position now.

[@Mayrita1111]

Walgreens was my to go store for last minute shopping for Christmas gifts for gift exchange at school lol before we went on winter break

[@Mayrita1111]

You don’t see kids zombing around with their phone 😂like today

[@mrforevernever517]

The 20 plus people are now grandparents.

[@geekesmind1324]

Wonder if the lady at the 4 min mark is still alive...

[@pslay9324]

Look at all these beautiful kind sweet people, as busy as the store is everyone is civil to each other. THANK GOD NO CELL PHONES were seen.

[@JesusSanchez-i7l]

Back when the cashiers actually knew how to count. 😄

[@Puppetgirl93]

My first Christmas was in 1993 I was only a month old

[@craigc1879]

Walgreens now has a sale, but I can only get the same price If I buy it online. So I ask once, so I go to the car, order the items I need in the app, wait 15 minutes, then come and get it. Bit ridiculous, for some reason they’d rather you buy online and not shop in the store.

[@nowyouredoingthesponge4644]

I remember everyone hating Barney as a kid lol. We all acted like he was stupid...our music teaxher made us do the Barney song in 1st grade

[@thedirtybubble9613]

This had to be in Florida right? No one is wearing sweaters and coats around Christmas time.

[@cynant2912]

Walgreens had everything at that time. Cheap electronics, small kitchen appliances, home accents. Now they don't have sh!t.

[@daltonbolser5100]

walgreens is so damn expensive nowadays. I an surprised people still go there 😂😂

[@MrWolfSnack]

3:31 holy shit its those crappy public domain cartoons VHS tapes! Never seen what they looked like in the store before

[@DavePedrosuiza]

Alot things stand out in this video first: I have been working retail for the past 20 years never once have I seen a walgreens this pack. secondly I'm amazed about how much stuff walgreens sold in the past you pretty much buy anything there, last 5 years I remeber walgreens sold cigarettes they pretty much removed them all, thirdly video quality on this tape is pretty good clear picture watching on a 4k looks pretty good.

[@BudFuddlacker]

That guy wanted a bag for his Scotch tape 😂

[@6incomefigure]

Slimline phones, cassette tapes, Demolition Man action figure, people paying in cash. I want me a 1993 Christmas

[@cynant2912]

Walgreens had everything at that time, now they don't have sh!t.

[@joshuaswannmusic6462]

Wrapping paper used to be better quality than the stuff now.

[@uttermanbo]

Wait a minute here...... That kid is buying a toy from that Demolition Man Movie?

[@terrandavis4062]

Lol, I was 6½ when this video was made.

[@Chicagoguy1984]

Think of this!! 0:25 those girls are grandma's now

[@RomanDiaries]

Lol, they look about 16! So probably parents, but probably not grandmas yet.

[@vikkbiff6029]

Oh now I remember the talking Santa face I once had!!

[@vampirerobot]

😂😂😂

[@MasterYoshidino]

I miss actually feeling good shopping at a pharmacy. As a kid I would buy higher end stationary (this was before Y2K) but now it's just using up my freebie virtual currency by working at one. lol.

[@WolfenEXE]

Sports trading cards! 1:31

[@mikegemini3360]

The clothes they had was so Cool 😎 dude

[@johndavis_]

I bought all my gifts at Walgreens in the 80's

[@accordionSWE]

Everything for sale looks really premium.

[@janetduncan87]

Those stuffed Barney toys. Lol My son loved Barney. We the barney bedding for him, and the barney doll. I was also pregnant with my 5th child in 1993. I barely remember the 90s. It zipped by.

[@JakePaas]

Did she say text message or fax message at 5:31?

[@TimEric4d3d3d3]

I'd love to pick up a few packs of those Fleer Ultra football cards

[@americanidol434]

Back in the day when Barney was popular

[@ne2448]

And the racks still look the same today.

[@bayoutapes]

just went to Walgreens yesterday...and that little baby girl at 5:25 is beautiful.

[@MiketheratguyMultimedia]

I have no problem with Walgreens but it seems like an odd place to do Christmas shopping. Maybe in the 70s or 80s before the big "all-in-one" stores, sure, but in the 90s and onward? Just feels like a strange choice.

[@vampirerobot]

Strange? How about terrible! lol. jk...I did some of my Christmas shopping there last year. Probably will do the same this year.

[@MiketheratguyMultimedia]

@@vampirerobot You Walgreens weirdo. Actually yeah, nah, I've definitely found some cool stuff there before. I guess I just never thought of going there for Christmas, unless for cold medicine or something, lol. Oh by the way, when you said you owe me an email did you mean that I should send my email address? Because I didn't get a response when I wrote you the one time and didn't know what to do now. XD

[@vampirerobot]

I just have to respond Mike. It's been eating at me for awhile now.

[@ComeAtMe]

Did you work for a news station or do these videos for fun

[@vampirerobot]

Just for fun Jason.

[@dccd4]

Everyone paying in cash lol

[@casualtyarmy87]

30 years ago 😱😱

[@Mr100Rupees]

6:15 Holy shit what's up with those glasses

[@yessicalizeth98]

🥺 sadly I was born in 1998 so I didn't experience this

[@MoreTruths]

The Ol days

[@ShawnA3104]

All the kids on here are some years older than I am.... I was born in 1995

[@curtisallred7250]

Not one self-checkout! To go back to the 90s would be the best thing ever. Self-checkout kills jobs. You can trust me to use the self-checkout or bring back cashiers like it was before. I'm not interested in proving that I did someone's job for them.

[@CabsAndEthel]

What city / state is that

[@thedirtybubble9613]

Miami, FL

[@brian8072]

Haha I was just about to turn 2 years old

[@nerdbamarich2063]

😊😊😊

[@karveltoranzo9265]

Back in the day when cigarettes were sold in pharmacies lol