Yore Christmas

[Slab]

A wee thread for the things that you remember from 'yore' Christmas's that the younglings today wouldn't understand

I'll kick off with buying/changing individual replacement bulbs on the Christmas lights

 

[IanM]

Playing OUTSIDE on Christmas morning with a new whatever you got as prezzie!

Writing thank-you notes to aunts and uncles for presents you got.

 

[Tashyboy]

Opening presents from a pillow case. Once your pillow was full no more presents. Unless it was a new bike which I never had.

 

[Billysboots]

Enjoying watching Sports Review Of The Year. Oops. Wrong thread.

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[Bunkermagnet]

Making paper chains

 

[Slab]

Making paper chains

Ooo you just reminded me of these

 

[Captainron]

Advent calendars with only pictures in them

 

[RichA]

Advent calendars with only pictures in them

Yep. Same one every year, the windows eventually stuck to the background with sellotape and held closed with blu-tack. Mind you, we did live in a shoe box in middle of t'road.

And yes, it was a cardboard box.

 

[AmandaJR]

Nuts with shells on you had to crack open yourself.

The joy of a satsuma.

 

[Dando]

it not being a constant stream of toy/food adverts and so commercialised.

 

[D-S]

Yep. Same one every year, the windows eventually stuck to the background with sellotape and held closed with blu-tack. Mind you, we did live in a shoe box in middle of t'road.

And yes, it was a cardboard box.

Luxury

 

[Fade and Die]

Singing Carols at school, including one year “Mull of Kintyre”! ?

 

[RichA]

Singing Carols at school, including one year “Mull of Kintyre”! ?

Isn't that just a lame cover version of "City Ground"? ??

 

[SatchFan]

Proper sized tins of Quality Street.

 

[Voyager EMH]

A silver thrupenny bit hidden in the pud for some lucky person to swallow, choke on or break a tooth.

 

[need_my_wedge]

Nuts with shells on you had to crack open yourself.

The joy of a satsuma.

Still do the nuts today, but we used to go and pick them in the local woods back then

 

[Golfmmad]

Still do the nuts today, but we used to go and pick them in the local woods back then

Waking up at stupid o'clock to find an apple and orange and ONE present at the bottom of the bed!
Ask Rlburnside!! ?

 

[Golfmmad]

Waking up at stupid o'clock to find an apple and orange and ONE present at the bottom of the bed!
Ask Rlburnside!! ?

Edit: That's because I was one of ten! ?

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Watching the Queen’s Christmas broadcast at 3pm…because you just did. Then later sitting down as a family to watch The Morcambe and Wise Christmas show...because it was probably the best TV prog of the year (after Sports Review of the Year).

Debating whether or not to get the Christmas and New Year edition of the TV Times in addition to The Radio Times (which was a must have that was waited for with great anticipation and bought with great excitement).

 

[arnieboy]

This is a great thread, full of memories.
My mum used to bake a Christmas cake and decorate it with loads of 'tat' , something that I insist my daughter does now over fifty years later