Christmas Retro

Oh wow, Mr Freeze and Mr. Pop. Both things I badly wanted and never got haha.

Some of the stuff in that is gas, brought back so many memories, the C64... wow.

Spirograph!! I remember that!

I had a commodore 64... used to love it.

Posy wrote: »

I had a commodore 64... used to love it.

Yep I had one too and way too many games, remember Dizzy?

Loughc wrote: »

Oh wow, Mr Freeze and Mr. Pop. Both things I badly wanted and never got haha.

Some of the stuff in that is gas, brought back so many memories, the C64... wow.

Me Freeze was crap. Not sure why they expected children to be able to crush ice with some plastic and their hands.

Loughc wrote: »

Yep I had one too and way too many games, remember Dizzy?

I do!
My favorite was Buggy Boy, the car racing game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGpsmoAzlZo

So this is all kinds of amazing!

The above video has a penny’s Christmas ad with the famous jingle and an acoustic version of war is over by u2.

A-maz-ing

DvB

That penneys ad & jingle brings back a load of memories.... talk about nostalgic!

http://www.gosocial.co/new-cadburys-selection-boxes-christmas/

Interesting wish they had a bigger selection (pardon the pun) of bars.

freshpopcorn

Loughc wrote: »

http://www.gosocial.co/new-cadburys-selection-boxes-christmas/

Interesting wish they had a bigger selection (pardon the pun) of bars.

It would be great if it tasted the same!

Oh I love the look of them. Very retro!

gosocial wrote:

If you’re one of those people who get excited for Christmas in September, then you’re in for a real treat.

How did they know??!

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Great thread guys. I can recall Christmasses in the mid to late 80s. Is it fair to say while still commercialised to a degree it was a far simpler affair?

It is probably because Ireland was still a state influenced heavily by the church. While I'm no Church goer myself today I long for that less commercialised time and a breakaway from this Christmas Inc shíte that it's morphed into.

Another thing noticeable is that fewer hit Christmas songs released in modern day.

Wow, turns out Christmas TV was always rubbish on RTÉ.

French_Girl

Fab pics, Loughc!

Great pictures Loughc!!

Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »

Wow, turns out Christmas TV was always rubbish on RTÉ.

Hahaha!

Mam of 4

geez , just look at how young everyone is on all the covers , doesn't seem that long ago !!

More memories this time toy ones.

https://www.joe.ie/life-style/16-classic-toys-that-every-irish-kid-growing-up-in-the-90s-wanted-499311

Remember these?

I always had a bit of a soft spot for the stockings rather than the selection boxes.

Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »

I always had a bit of a soft spot for the stockings rather than the selection boxes.

Same the net socks will always be Christmas selection boxes for me. Also look at the size of the bars!! Drool haha.

Loughc wrote: »

Same the net socks will always be Christmas selection boxes for me. Also look at the size of the bars!! Drool haha.

The Milky Way from the net was always the nicest Milky Way of the year. I can almost taste it right now.

funnights74

There's a "colorized" version of Its a wonderful life on UK gold at the moment. Its just not right, leave alone please.