Christmas Retro

Loughc · 21-09-2017 09:08AM

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.

Posy · 21-09-2017 09:13AM

Spirograph!! I remember that!

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

Loughc · 21-09-2017 09:18AM

Posy wrote: »

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

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

Toto Wolfcastle · 21-09-2017 10:12AM

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.

Posy · 21-09-2017 01:56PM

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.

Loughc · 26-09-2017 10:14PM

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

So this is all kinds of amazing!

Loughc · 26-09-2017 10:51PM

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 · 28-09-2017 11:13AM

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

Loughc · 04-10-2017 08:31PM

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

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

freshpopcorn · 04-10-2017 08:55PM

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!

Posy · 05-10-2017 12:56AM

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??!

Loughc · 16-12-2017 02:29PM

Loughc · 16-12-2017 02:31PM

16-12-2017 02:47PM

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.

Loughc · 16-12-2017 06:02PM

Toto Wolfcastle · 16-12-2017 06:10PM

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

French_Girl · 16-12-2017 06:56PM

Fab pics, Loughc!

Posy · 16-12-2017 08:18PM

Great pictures Loughc!!

Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »

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

Hahaha!

Loughc · 17-12-2017 07:35PM

Mam of 4 · 17-12-2017 08:28PM

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

Loughc · 20-12-2017 09:39PM

Loughc · 21-12-2017 12:11AM

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

Loughc · 22-12-2017 08:35PM

Remember these?

Toto Wolfcastle · 22-12-2017 09:17PM

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

Loughc · 22-12-2017 09:54PM

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.

Toto Wolfcastle · 23-12-2017 09:39AM

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 · 23-12-2017 03:27PM

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

Loughc · 05-09-2018 01:30PM

Some pics from the Argos Autumn/Winter catalog 1983

ciara007 · 07-09-2018 10:46AM

I have my eye on these lights we had the same ones on our tree as kids.

https://www.brownthomas.com/brown-thomas-navigation-catalog/40-pickwick-lights /130744657.html?cgid=root#q=christmas&prefn1=refinementSubCategory&prefv1=ChristmasLighting&start=1

chuckles30 · 07-09-2018 04:15PM

Oh it's great to see those old type of lights coming back. I got LEDs for my mothers tree last year and they are lovely, but luckily it's in her porch. I find them a bit too bright for a sitting room where you would be looking at it all night. I have clear lights on my tree, but I would love to do something retro too, but I think I need another tree. I don't think coloured lights would work with my current tree decs.

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