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Christmas Retro

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  • #62
    washiskin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,360 ✭✭✭washiskin


    ciara007 wrote: »
    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%C2%A0/130744657.html?cgid=root#q=christmas&prefn1=refinementSubCategory&prefv1=ChristmasLighting&start=1

    I bought the Canterbury Belles ones from BT's last week....the boxes are gone so small :o but the lights are amazing... I have one tree that's just vintage lights....no leds...it looks lovely.


  • #63
    honeybear
    Registered Users Posts: 5,648 ✭✭✭honeybear


    Posy wrote: »
    These encompass my memories of Christmas in the 80's/90's

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    and making these in school


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    Great photos!


  • #64
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users Posts: 30,169 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


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  • #65
    washiskin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,360 ✭✭✭washiskin


    I remember my first selection box.....it was red with a real picture of Santy on it. For the life of me I can't find a photo. It was between 1975 and 78 when I got it.


  • #66
    carfiosaoorl
    Registered Users Posts: 594 ✭✭✭carfiosaoorl


    My mother always put up bunches of balloons on the ceiling, the smell of balloons still reminds me of christmas.
    I love vintage Christmas lights leds just don't cut it. I would love to find the old carriage lights but also love the lantern lights.
    One of my favourite memories is going to school at night to do the Christmas play. The stage had red velvet curtains and a big gold star in the centre. I moved back to my home town a few years ago and my daughter finished out primary school there. I went to her Christmas play and they still had the same curtains and star. Major feels ♥


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  • #67
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,720 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    Oh my god balloons on ceiling my mam did that too!


  • #68
    Mam of 4
    Registered Users Posts: 21,820 ✭✭✭✭Mam of 4


    Loughc wrote: »
    Oh my god balloons on ceiling my mam did that too!

    My Mam did too !

    And I must admit that when the kids were small here , I used to put the decorations on the ceiling with the balloons in each corner :o


  • #69
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,720 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    https://twitter.com/killianm2/status/1041710817358430209?s=21

    This is an amazing find. Credit to Killianm2 on Twitter.

    #allthefeels


  • #70
    DvB
    Registered Users Posts: 10,113 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    That looks slightly different to the other 2 penneys ones I have downloaded & in my christmas advert playlist (yes, I have a christmas advert playist of all my favourite crimbo adverts over the years) Must see if I can get a download of that one too!

    Great find that!!
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • #71
    CheerLouth
    Registered Users Posts: 2,419 ✭✭✭CheerLouth


    I think you need to share that playlist, DvB!


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  • #72
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,720 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    CheerLouth wrote: »
    I think you need to share that playlist, DvB!

    I second this! :)


  • #73
    DvB
    Registered Users Posts: 10,113 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    Tell you what, will check in when on the PC at home again & see what I have. Its very much my own personal favourites & may not have what everyone else would expect. Pretty sure most of them (if not all) are readily available on YouTube too BTW.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • #74
    Heroditas
    Registered Users Posts: 9,440 ✭✭✭Heroditas


    r3nu4l wrote: »
    I was a child of the 70s and 80s so this YouTube video has loads of products as I remember them :)

    https://youtu.be/LGpsmoAzlZo

    Such happy days.

    I also remember these in our house but never see them anywhere these days.

    Here's another one for you. The news and some ads on December 22nd 1984. I still remember that Christmas vividly (I was 9 at the time).
    I even remember seeing Close Encounters of the Third Kind the following afternoon in a relative's house (one of the first ads in the link)
    Christmas was magical back then but I think a lot of it is because I was a kid. Now I have my own children and am experiencing that same joy all over again.

    https://youtu.be/Ih1FZTsw2ao

    Another link for that same date.

    https://youtu.be/u6YIDsOedxw

    Still my most favourite Christmas as I shall discuss in detail over the next few months :)


  • #75
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,720 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


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    When are these coming back into fashion? I used to love them.


  • #76
    Toto Wolfcastle
    Registered Users Posts: 25,005 ✭✭✭✭Toto Wolfcastle


    I saw someone tweeting about them. They’re definitely available this year. I’ll see if I can find the tweet.


  • #77
    Toto Wolfcastle
    Registered Users Posts: 25,005 ✭✭✭✭Toto Wolfcastle


    Found it! Not in Ireland unfortunately, but Dealz or any of the pound shops might be worth a try if they're back in production.

    https://twitter.com/dresserman/status/1063383475389116417

    Couldn't find them on the Asda website but Wilko has an entire section dedicated to 'Christmas Foils and Tinsel'. Only one foil garland though.


  • #78
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users Posts: 30,169 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    Dealz and Eurogiant generally stock the foil decorations.
    I saw them in Dealz a few days ago.


  • #79
    SarahLil
    Registered Users Posts: 1,971 ✭✭✭SarahLil


    Reminisced this morning over a cuppa with my mam about all of these totally forgot about the balloons on the ceiling it made me laugh
    I loved cream soda too and all the TK lemonades,
    On Christmas Eve I would always have my lemonade out of a grown ups glass I thought I was great and so sophisticated :D


  • #80
    iguana
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 12,909 Mod ✭✭✭✭iguana


    Loughc wrote: »
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    When are these coming back into fashion? I used to love them.
    I've always had them. They were my favourite as a child so I bought my own for my bedroom as a teen and I've had them ever since. But they are back this year. I've seen them in Homestore and Dealz.


  • #81
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users Posts: 30,169 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    They've being in Home Store with the last few years.
    I saw them in Woodies last year and they were expensive.


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  • #82
    CrowdedHouse
    Registered Users Posts: 6,800 ✭✭✭CrowdedHouse


    Probably not PC now but I'm old enough to remember cigarettes came in Christmas wrapping. 50 cigs in a high quality tin or plastic box that was great for holding your crayons/coloured pencils!

    Seven Worlds will Collide



  • #83
    DvB
    Registered Users Posts: 10,113 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    Definitely saw these over the weekend in Blanchardstown, either woodies or Homestore & More.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • #84
    Jude13
    Registered Users Posts: 3,795 ✭✭✭Jude13


    We have them up in our kitchen since the weekend. Need to get a pic up. They have a weird plastic smell that brings me back, plus the sound when putting them up. We have only had them since last year, and we did our kitchen with them spanning in to each corner with a star or tree in each quadrant. When we had people over from different parts of the world their faces were hilarious when the entered the kitchen, saying oh how lovely but clearly thinking we were mental.


  • #85
    rubberdungeon
    Registered Users Posts: 606 ✭✭✭rubberdungeon


    I didn’t realise they went out if fashion, I think they add a lovely finishing touch to the room at Christmas. We even have a ceding fan like your picture.


  • #86
    weetiepie
    Registered Users Posts: 191 ✭✭weetiepie


    Jude13 wrote: »
    We have them up in our kitchen since the weekend. Need to get a pic up. They have a weird plastic smell that brings me back, plus the sound when putting them up. We have only had them since last year, and we did our kitchen with them spanning in to each corner with a star or tree in each quadrant. When we had people over from different parts of the world their faces were hilarious when the entered the kitchen, saying oh how lovely but clearly thinking we were mental.

    This made me laugh out loud..it must have been hilarious watching their reactions 🀣🀣


  • #87
    CheerLouth
    Registered Users Posts: 2,419 ✭✭✭CheerLouth


    I'm thinking about getting some - the kids would love them. I remember having them at Christmas in our house - I used to love them. And they'd fit in with my "Christmas puked on my house" theme :P


  • #88
    DeniG2
    Registered Users Posts: 128 ✭✭DeniG2


    Can anyone remember an advert from the 1980s where a man walks into a shop looking for the perfect glass (if memory serves me correctly), and proceeds to drink from a bottle of sherry or cognac and then walks out of the shop without buying anything and just giving a cheery Merry Christmas.
    I can't find it on YouTube but I think it was for Harvey's Bristol Cream
    Hopefully someone here remembers it, it's driving me mad, would love to see it again


  • #89
    Day Lewin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,604 ✭✭✭Day Lewin


    DeniG2 wrote: »
    Can anyone remember an advert from the 1980s where a man walks into a shop looking for the perfect glass (if memory serves me correctly), and proceeds to drink from a bottle of sherry or cognac and then walks out of the shop without buying anything and just giving a cheery Merry Christmas.
    I can't find it on YouTube but I think it was for Harvey's Bristol Cream
    Hopefully someone here remembers it, it's driving me mad, would love to see it again

    @DeniG2...You started me off hunting for Harvey's...and look what I found!

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

    Warning - adult language


  • #90
    DeniG2
    Registered Users Posts: 128 ✭✭DeniG2


    Day Lewin wrote: »
    @DeniG2...You started me off hunting for Harvey's...and look what I found!

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

    Warning - adult language

    love that ad!

    I'm not even sure if the advert I'm thinking of is even a Harvey's ad, it might be Blacktower, Henneseys Cognac etc


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  • #91
    [Deleted User]
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    Day Lewin wrote: »
    @DeniG2...You started me off hunting for Harvey's...and look what I found!

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

    Warning - adult language

    I have never seen that before! Or if I did I've forgotten. But thank you, got a great laugh out of it.


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