A Very Merry 80’s Christmas

The Holidays were joyous and memorable even without today’s modern conveniences.

, the best-selling toy of 1985 and 1986, was in homes everywhere throughout the ’80s. Source: .

As a member of Generation X, I spent my childhood during the 1980s. I love everything from that era — the movies, music, clothes, and toys! We didn’t have modern technology like iPhones and digital streaming, but that decade still brings many fond recollections to those who lived during it.

When I think of celebrating the holidays during that era, the song “Last Christmas” by Wham! begins playing in my head. Here are a few highlights of what it was like to celebrate the holiday festivities during the 1980s.

Christmas cartoons came once a year.

“A Charlie Brown Christmas” premiered in 1965 and was aired on CBS yearly during the holidays. Source:

Kids today can watch whatever cartoon they want, any time of the day, and as much as they choose. This was not the case during the 1980s. TV stations played cartoon classics like Frosty The Snowman, Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer, and A Charlie Brown Christmas only once a year during December. This was before digital streaming and even before DVDs and VHS tapes were available for purchase. So when the commercials announced that a specific cartoon was scheduled for Friday at 8:00 PM…