Okay, the dude with the turtle neck was hot…danced pretty good too. I was little in the 70’s, I had 5 brothers and 3 sisters, 9 kids total, dad worked 2 jobs and we were lower middle class. All home cooked meals, 5 channels total on the TV to watch. Those holidays together with cousins, were some of the best memories. Now I have 50 some nieces and nephews, my parents passed away. I have 2 girls and I wished they could of experienced childhood like mine. The freedom, the safety and just being a stupid kid riding your bike everywhere. Thanks for the video, it brought back a lot of good memories.
I love this, someone getting tipsy on a blue ribbon, stretch armstrong getting stretched the length of the house and the scent of a Christmas ham and winston 100's in the air. Good times...so innocent, can we go back PLEASE? Thank you for sharing & Happy Holidays!
Love it. Reminds me a lot of my 1970s childhood Christmas memories where the house would be full of cigarette smoke and everyone would be drinking beer lol. The old relatives were all still alive. Miss those times.
@I am me • 25y ago What the hell are you talking about? He's relating a memory; not condoning the past. This guy was nice enough to share a happy moment, remembering his friends and relatives. His recollection has ZERO correlation to your annoying, overbearing concern, about people who happened to be smoking 50 years ago.? Maybe, you could take some of that energy, build a time time machine, and warn all those folks! Geez... can anyone have a remembrance, without you shitting all over it? Are all of YOUR memories perfectly healthy ones? If they are, then you are just SO blessed. I'm sure you have an abundance of awards and trophies, commemorating those safe and sanitary moments? I'm sure you'll be visiting all the other posters, who've remembered and shared similar events in their lives, too? God damn.
@I am me • 25y ago Oh really? Not gonna take responsibility? Fine. Welcome to MY world. You go right ahead and have you opinion. Everyone has theirs. I suppose, we'll be right there with you. Best of luck to ya.
@I am me • 25y ago Who said anything about a crime? It doesn't take "sensitive" to recognize "snotty". That's right. You posted a comment. Thank you for clearing that up, Captain Obvious. And thank you for glossing over the point of my comment. I'm pretty sure you understood it. So, please don't act like you didn't. The man recalled a memory. You got self-righteous, as though his recollection was doing some damage, so as to accusing him and/or the people in the video of neglect. That wasn't an opinion. That was being vindictive. I'm sure that, if you choose to reply, you'll have something snotty to say. Do yourself a favor, and just walk away. However, I get the feeling you won't. Prove me wrong.
I love it. The homes were neat and clean, small by todays standards. People dodnt put on airs, just were who they were. Nobody tried to be perfect. They had fun.
@tombeiter thanks for sharing this video. Nice work. It’s exactly like the Christmas parties of my childhood. The Hamm’s, PBR, Schlitz, people smoking, dancing. What threw me was the young dude playing accordion. Awesome! It’s like I was there. I’m sure it must be super bittersweet for you to watch this video. 😊 Merry Christmas!
The young dude is my brother. My dad played the accordion (German roots family), so my brother learned when he was young. He was very musical Played several instruments.
Same thing happened to me... Watery eyes with a smile on my face I wasn't even alive back then (wasn't born til '90) and watching older holiday videos makes my heart chime ((I know it's still 8 months away and I'm probably at least a little insane but... Merry Christmas! 😅)) 🎄🎅⛄
Awesome memories! Unfortunately, I left home in 73 joins the Corps and went to a little country called Vietnam..😳 but still had great memories in the early 70s. !👍🏽👏🏽💕
OH my gosh, your uncle in the white turtle neck dancing by the aluminum Christmas tree was handsome x 10. Wonderful video. Brought back a lot of nice holiday memories. I was born in 58 so probably in my early to mid teens when this was filmed. TY for sharing with us Tom. Sure enjoyed the trip back in time.
Love watching these kinds of videos, brings back a lot of great memories. Thanks for sharing. Wish someone in our family had had a video camera back then.
I remember times like this. It was so blissful. I dont have those now 2024 wont be much different than 2023. But back in the 80s it was the last of the good times with all my family. Too bad really .
Seeing this reminded me of all the special Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays with my Grandparents, Great Aunts and Uncles, and cousins. My grandparent's house full of wonderful aromas, presents up to the moon, and snowcover all around South Bend, Indiana. Now all my grandparents, parents, many cousins aunts and uncles are dead. I miss them happy days in my childhood. I'd give my right arm to look through a window and see all them happy holiday celebrations again.
Yep, we're German. My dad studied since he was a young child. That's my brother playing in the movie. He secretly studied and practiced when my parents would go out as my dad normally wouldn't let us kids touch his accordion
my dad passed at age 83 here recently he had a vhs tape full of these old 8mm clips from late 60's-70' when i was a kid (i was born in 68) that he had had tansferred i lent the tape to somebody back in the 90's and never saw it again no idea what happened to it. you don't even know how i regret it now. whether it's my family or not or even if i know nothing about the people in the clips i love this old footage it's awesome. even if it's from other countries i'll still watch it. i assume this is somewhere in the states where was it filmed?
Released in 1976. I'm actually surprised I got it the first year it was released. I usually had to wait until the price went down the following year on things like that.
Yes, we'd moved on to a green artificial tree by this point, but I always liked the silver tree, so we would put it up in the basement. I still have that tree and put it up every year.
Big sideburns, beer, cigarettes, gorgeous girls, and those ugly satin ornaments! Yep, it looks like the '70s to me! That squeeze box and dancing makes me think this family are of European origin with strong ties to their lineage. They look like a lot of fun!
@@TomBeiter Yeah, I removed it. Thought maybe you didn't wanna say if you were. I was wrong! Anyway, that's cool. Am unsure if my mom or dad filmed Christmas. If they did, it must have been when my sister and I were toddlers.
@@miketype1each That clip of me and my mom was actually used on a History Channel special a few years ago called "Christmas in the 70's". This was the only Christmas my parents filmed, but I'm glad they did.
🎶From the land of sky-blue wa-a-ters...🎶 As far as I know Hamm's was not distributed here in Oklahoma, but as kids we spent our summers in NW Iowa and it was everywhere, including the commercials. I guess St. Louis is more midwestern than southern. My kin in SL were Irish, but many married into German families...and they both like their beer!
@@TomBeiter Hi Tom! I remember doing that dance and the steps are very similar to the Bus Stop we ( the people I knew) used to do (in New York in the 70s). The Hustle i recall, you faced each other and held hands. I'm sure there was a lot of variations of both dances.
