I bet these people would have never imagined that 50 years later tens of thousands of people would be watching them opening gifts in their living room!
@LarryRood Жыл бұрын
You're right about that.
@CookingLessonsforDad Жыл бұрын
How the world has changed. Missing those times.
@kathyandersen82432 жыл бұрын
1 wish I could go home again.and be with everyone I loved
@JamesSmith-gn9ou Жыл бұрын
Same here. Time marches on and before you know it, many of our precious loved ones are gone. I find great solace in the videos of this era and photos of my family and friends especially from around the holidays. Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you and yours.
@kathyandersen8243 Жыл бұрын
I don't like the world we live in now.their was a simpler time and place. Neighbors were friends. People use to sit on porch or under shade tree. To visit. Kids explored ,there was always danger not like now.,many blessings to the folks reading this.🐦🌈
@dianaanson45062 жыл бұрын
Where did it all go......to have it back for just 5 minutes.... a 70's child myself. Those were the days my friend!
@lisaorth32552 жыл бұрын
The sweet life. The mom was so happy when she got the silver coffee pot. I grew up in the '70s. My sister had that red haired Chrissy doll and I had Velvet (she had blonde hair). The hair pulled out of their heads to make it longer.
@mabella34372 жыл бұрын
yes i always wanted a Chrissy doll however ask for the DAWN Doll for Christmas instead.
@lisaorth32552 жыл бұрын
@@mabella3437 I still have my Velvet doll. About the only thing that I hung on to from childhood. We had the Dawn dolls too! Were they the little miniature dolls?
@joancavanaugh9652 жыл бұрын
I still have my Dawn Dolls and preferred them to Barbie,.
@teresahooks37462 жыл бұрын
my sister and I shared our chrissy doll. I was seven at Christmas 1971 and my sister was ten. it was a great time to grow up.
@emilamoralesleon54322 жыл бұрын
👔💵💵💵
@nonineveryoumind4314 Жыл бұрын
So warm and cosy. I was born in 1961 so would have been 10 at the time of this home movie. I feel so lucky to have enjoyed the innocence of the 1960’s and early 1970’s as a younger child where everything felt so safe and society was so much more polite. Then came the 1970’s, with all the great music and changing fashions and hairstyles. Things were just not the same from about the mid 1980’s onwards. ☹️ I do not like the world of today. What a shame! Unfortunately, nothing stays the same forever.
@bettyturner38672 жыл бұрын
My parents passed away this year dad 1/15/22 & mom 7/22/22 Christmas will never be the same.
@mariarooney6262 Жыл бұрын
So sorry for your loss.
@janismacolley2395 Жыл бұрын
Sorry for your loss but you'll always have your memories!!
@semajjiman2 жыл бұрын
In 1971 I was 13. This is such a lovely reminder of simpler, more peaceful times. Thank you very much for sharing.
@markaxelson5940 Жыл бұрын
I was 6. Agreed!
@ieattofu68 Жыл бұрын
I'm sure the parents had their heartaches and struggles. They just did their best to keep you happy and innocent. I hope my son looks back on his Gen Z childhood and thinks of it as a "simpler time".
@sharonh2991 Жыл бұрын
Ten years old for me and I think six for my little sister. Our grandparents were always around, either at our house or we were at theirs. They only lived about a mile or so away. My grandparents died in mid 1990s and early 2000s but I still think about them almost every single day.
@markaxelson5940 Жыл бұрын
@@sharonh2991 Had that in common with you. Lost one in '90 and the last in yr 2000. Together for every birthday and major holiday.
@Og-Judy Жыл бұрын
I was 18. Things were still so nice back then.
@boomerguy9935 Жыл бұрын
Wonderful! In these sad and scary times, this video is what I need for my reality check. I was 21 in 1971 and these pictures took me home again. Love and family values. Thank you!
@kathleenrobertson678 ай бұрын
I 😂was 18, just graduated from St AgnesbAcademy😊😢
@dougboyko4008Ай бұрын
I was 21 also
@leoncooney4002 жыл бұрын
Seeing theses makes me happy, but also sad, I've never had that experience of a Christmas with a wife & kids, or with close friends. My Christmas's are spent alone. I feel envenoms of those who are lucky to spend a Christmas like this.
@swannoir79492 жыл бұрын
I understand
@annb110 ай бұрын
This reminds me of my home as a child during the late 60's/early 70's. My mom also loved all the "Colonial Williamsburg" furniture and decor, especially that apple tree! Each year, I'd see her pull out that wooden thing and make her masterpiece. RIP mom.
@bryanspindle44556 ай бұрын
Same here. We lived near Williamsburg and always went there at Christmas. time.
@mabella34372 жыл бұрын
PERFECT!!! It brought me such PEACE and a warm fuzzy feeling within!!! Secured safe warm happy feelings!! depressed and anxiety people should watch this often what a GREAT cure or at the least to survive another day!!! GOD bless you for sharing this treasure!! She was so HAPPY opening the silver adorable tea pot!!!!
@LarryRood2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your very kind comment.
@anaisdossantosbarroso6793sghh2 жыл бұрын
Zad
@patrickryan1515 Жыл бұрын
Your recommendation is exactly what I prescribed for a somewhat disillusioned employee of an investment firm with which I deal. He liked the idea very much. I recommended it as a (form of) meditation, as I find it to be.
@amym11068 ай бұрын
Yes, the mom really loved the teapot! I did, too.
@Mdtmr962 жыл бұрын
I was born in 71. Thank you for the lovely memories ❤
@uriel16222 жыл бұрын
Y yo tengo 50 años y todos me dicen que tengo 38 maximo 40 siempre me cuide en la comida no fume casi no tome licor de bes en cuando no exagere en el sexo y aquí estoy con una apariencia bastante joven gracias a la vida 🙌💕👍
@seanavp2 жыл бұрын
*July 13, 1971.*
@stephendacey87612 жыл бұрын
@@seanavp cancer
@seanavp2 жыл бұрын
@@stephendacey8761 *Yes - Correct!*
@susancollins5821 Жыл бұрын
Oh my!!! The opening of the Chrissy Doll!!! Brought back such wonderful memories!
@LannieLord11 ай бұрын
what happened to the box ?
@amym11068 ай бұрын
My sister had Crissy but I don’t remember that dress. I had Velvet.
@nevaehdevine63132 жыл бұрын
WOW IT WOULD BE GREAT TO GO BACK TO THOSE DAYS GREAT MEMORIES. THANKS FOR SHARING
@ual737ret10 ай бұрын
I find myself watching these nostalgic videos more and more these days. I really wish things didn’t get so twisted as they are now and we could go back to the basic family values and common sense.
@ieattofu68 Жыл бұрын
A military family. Thanks to you all for your sacrifices...
@daniellap.stewart683911 ай бұрын
What sacrifices? Killing people for the status quo is not a sacrifice so Shut THUp
@raymondkunkel84992 жыл бұрын
I miss family holidays together everyone looks so happy here reminds me of happier times
@mariacuesta1716 Жыл бұрын
I’m 58 years old and I loved watching your video….my sister and I often talk about the 70’s and how we feel blessed to have grown up during those times, we have a truck load of great memories and watching your video reminded me of how great we had it…. My dad also filmed many home movies when we were growing up, this July he passed away at the age of 91 this will be our first Christmas without him, but all our great memories will help us get through it and watching our old videos will bring a smile to our faces as your video did today… thank you for sharing 😊
@DurkPreston Жыл бұрын
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@guymorris65962 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this video and serving. I'm honorably discharged US Army veteran and was born on November 29 1963. Your wonderful video that I saw appear on my KZfaq front page takes me back to the 1970s when life was much simpler. I have moved back to the area in Texas where I was born and lived until 1980. I ride my road bicycles past the house I lived in as a kid, my grandmother's, aunt's and uncle's, uncle's and cousins' houses. It causes my mind to travel back in time to the 1960s and 1970s with my parents and brothers, my local relatives and close friends plus different life events. I'd love to go back for at least a little while. You have a great looking family there.
@gloriamairs9518 Жыл бұрын
So lovely! Glad to know the Rood parents are still with us! Thank you so very much for posting this little slice of heaven.
@lightmarker31462 жыл бұрын
A beautiful family and 100% perfection . The true spirit of Christmas.
@mouthofthesouth71 Жыл бұрын
I love the Centrepiece made of apples & pineapple! So beautiful! Never saw that done before
@samanthab1923 Жыл бұрын
Della Robbia wreathes or decorations made with fruit. I saw it in Colonial Williamsburg as a girl.
@amym11068 ай бұрын
Me either but I looked on Google. Very interesting.
@bryanspindle44556 ай бұрын
It was a traditional colonial decoration. The pineapple was expensive and was used as a sign of hospitality. It is sometimes made with lemons instead of apples. I live near Williamsburg and the whole restored area is decorated every Christmas with live fruit and greenery.
@susanjohnson7679 Жыл бұрын
Seriously needed to see this today. Music was perfect and life was kinder, gentler and sweeter.
@sandyc.50172 жыл бұрын
I love this!!! Beautiful times. Thank you for posting.
@LarryRood2 жыл бұрын
Thank you too!
@g2D1 Жыл бұрын
This is back in the day when the company was the most important! Sharing and caring! Well done Mr. Rood.
@mandychapin941111 ай бұрын
I was born in 75. Christmas was so magical back in those days. The family always gathered at my grandparents, I sure do miss them.
@RichardSmith-bm2us2 жыл бұрын
Love the apple/pineapple centerpiece. Awesome. Thanks for sharing
@hcombs0104 Жыл бұрын
That had me interested, too. I never saw that before.
@bryanspindle44556 ай бұрын
It is a traditional colonial decoration. Sometimes made with lemons instead of apples. Pineapples were rare and expensive in those days and used as a sign of hospitality. Colonial Williamsburg decorates the entire restored area with live fruit and greenery every Christmas. There are KZfaq videos showing it.
@jchow59662 жыл бұрын
I was 7 and i can remember that xmas. 💟💟💟
@illuminatedgalaxies7777.11 ай бұрын
I loved the 1970s this bought back happy memories so much so it bought a tear to my eyes 😢❤thank you for sharing 💖
@LarryRood11 ай бұрын
Thank you.
@lovejago Жыл бұрын
Life go's by so fast. Looks alot like ny old Christmas's 56yr ago!
@williammouri1096 Жыл бұрын
The picture quality is amazing to me! Then there's mom writing a check and dad shoving the tree in the trunk. Yes, the really good ole days.
@LarryRood Жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@ricksidenstricker214411 ай бұрын
lol. A great tribute to 1971. These video's cannot be replaced or duplicated. One of a kind. THANK YOU.
@LarryRood11 ай бұрын
Thank you! Larry
@patrickryan1515 Жыл бұрын
Love this lady's sense of order. Even MONK would approve. Nice, nice family. And the lovingness of the dad made him all the more handsome.
@SoapinTrucker2 жыл бұрын
Wow!!! Thank you Mr. Rood and Family, for sharing your wonderful movie video! I love the fact you show a lot too, from buying the tree, to decorating it *(LOVE the strung popcorn, we did that too!!!)* and the outside of your home, and even the dinner! I was 8 that Christmas, and remember it well! Your Family movie reflects *everything* I remember about Christmas back then, THANK YOU!!!! I'm 59 now, and life did not turn out like I EVER imagined it would (It's my fault, mostly), so these old movies HELP people like me!!! :) ...
@LarryRood2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mike, really appreciate you rcomments. That was a truly great time for me and my family also. All the best to you, and remember...you're young!
@jj-eo7bj2 жыл бұрын
How did your life turn out I was 4 when this came out in 1971 ? Mine was pretty good held on to the old ways best as I could stated family late first born I was 35 home paid off life was good 35:acre hobby farm ,,then divorced 5 yrs later ,,,retired now from a auto company back to work for a yr or 2 just closed on a expensive retirement home with a beach on a river looking forward to grandkids someday,,,,
@jennifert2953 Жыл бұрын
I was 1. I don’t remember that Christmas, but I remember the one when I was three. Our three flat in Niles Illinois. Just outside of Chicago. I used to sit at the picture window and watch the cars go by. I remember how nice it was to feel warm and happy while it snowed and the wind blew. The Christmas tree was lit up and time life’s Christmas record was playing.
@somewereinwisconsin2 жыл бұрын
Mr Rood, I cam across this home video of Christmas a few days ago and I love it! I love Christmas and especially past family home movies. I grew up very poor and a lot of times we didn't have money for much of anything and this makes me fell better when I watch it. I also love the Christmas center piece of the apples and the pineapple! I really want to try it myself this Christmas and when I do I will be thinking of your family. Thank you!
@randysmailbox Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this .. I was born Jan 1971, my parents did not have a video camera back then. This is beautiful. Merry Christmas 2022 to all of you .
@melindaeppard6958 Жыл бұрын
In 1971 I was only 3, but in the late 70's I so remember that god awful strands of tinsel that got everywhere!!! It really was a more magical time because kids just didn't get every toy they wanted thru the year, so when it came time for Santa, it was special opening that toy that we wanted for so long. My family opened gifts Christmas Eve for some reason, and I would remember sitting in church for the xmas eve service just thinking about the gifts awaiting me. But mom and dad would make sure that there was a special gifts waiting for me and my older sisters xmas morning.
@libertygiveme1987 Жыл бұрын
This woman certainly knows her way around a Kitchen! A more simpler time. I miss that sooooooo MUCH!!!! Thank-You for uploading this!!!!
@LarryRood Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your comment. "This woman" is laughing right now:)
@CT-uv8os Жыл бұрын
Beautiful memories! Thank you for sharing.
@vickiemeisinger96327 ай бұрын
This video was done very well, and I love the music in the background that lent itself to the holiday. Season on the video! Thank you for having us available on KZfaq.❣️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@LarryRood7 ай бұрын
Thank you Vickie. Larry
@tombrown1898 Жыл бұрын
Wright-Patterson AFB! I grew up in Marietta, on the other side of the state. At Christmas, 1971, I was halfway through my freshman year in college. A great time. Thank you!
@LarryRood Жыл бұрын
I'm from down river in Gallipolis.
@genevahockaday7543 Жыл бұрын
I wish Chirstmas could be like that again. Brings back so many good memories. Nowadays Christmas just any fun anymore. Thankyou for the beautiful vedios.
@JB-js4xi2 жыл бұрын
The furniture and chandelier looks like my house did around that year. We never had a tree that pretty and full though. That's a really awesome video!!! Makes me wanna pull out the super 8 film and projector. But you know that's a lot of work....and I'd probably cry a lot seeing family members long gone. It's easier to see other people's families.
@fridabiaggi11 ай бұрын
made me remember the best moments of my life.
@janetpitts7302 Жыл бұрын
Love it, I grew up in the late 60s and early 70s, first thing I noticed was the good ole checkbook, rarely seen these days!! Oh to go back for just a minute!!! Thank you!!
@kimberlysiddons2 жыл бұрын
Oh my gosh. Thanks so much for posting this. I grew up in Miamisburg so we are almost neighbors! I could feel the excitement and anticipation with the decorating going on. It seems we have lost that family time these days. I so long for the days when life was like this. Getting a little melancholy in my old age. 🫤
@brilliant51262 жыл бұрын
I remember the Christmas of 1971 as one of the best ever. Thank you for sharing your lovely family! 😊
@samanthab1923 Жыл бұрын
I had to think back but I think 71 was pretty good. Bumber Pool table & Knock Hockey!
@markbeauseigneur5947 Жыл бұрын
That looked like a great Christmas 🎄
@LarryRood Жыл бұрын
Thank you, it was!
@isabellavalencia80262 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful centerpiece that she created out of fruit and foliage.
@LarryRood2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Isabella. It is based upon traditional Christmas decorations as made in Williamsburg, VA.
@isabellavalencia80262 жыл бұрын
@@LarryRood how cool!!! I love traditions like that, thanks for sharing
@Janster598 ай бұрын
This is great I was 12 in 71-very cool
@LarryRood8 ай бұрын
Thanks, you're a youngster:)
@Janster598 ай бұрын
thanx! @@LarryRood
@faithhopelove9176 Жыл бұрын
I LOVE THIS SO MUCH. You're so awesome for sharing your home videos. What a beautiful family. I love the centerpiece on table with apples and pineapple. I got very emotional . Have a beautiful day.
@JamesSmith-gn9ou2 ай бұрын
Larry, thanks so much for sharing these wonderful memories of the family and this most special time of the year. Hope you and the family are doing well.
@LarryRood2 ай бұрын
Thanks James, we are all fine, getting older:) Larry
@dannydougin3925 Жыл бұрын
Wonderful family movies! I was 6 (born in '65) in 1971 and have no memories of this year, but I remember the the 1970's as a fun decade. Thank you for sharing these.
@rossrubino9080 Жыл бұрын
I was born in 1965. I remember being 6 year's old and in first grade
@SNJPineyWoman7 ай бұрын
Wow..I was 7 & this brought tears to my eyes❤
@hollyavillella5547 ай бұрын
What a loving family! TFS! That apple centerpiece is stunning! Such a glorious light coming from the people in this film! ✨❤️✨💚✨🎄🙏🕊️
@Seemsayin Жыл бұрын
Geez... this really takes me back. Seems like, back then... Christmas & the time surrounding it actually meant something. I was your average lower-income kid. I didn't have much, but I never went without. Always got something kinda close to what I was hoping for. Christmas tv specials were KING (for me). And if you missed them... you waited a whole year to see them again (You didn't miss them.). Loved the music, and today... they're all considered golden-oldies. We never had an artificial tree. The smell of it was intoxicating. We always had the BIG bulbs, plain chromed-colored ornaments, and tinsel. And even though we didn't get a lot... it was just the time of the year that, when you looked out of a window... the snow completed it. Man... I really miss those days. Being a kid back then was really special. I really consider myself lucky to have been a part of it. The memories are priceless.
@sussyboy3072 Жыл бұрын
I was 7 in 1971 . Love these videos!
@tonytcb450410 ай бұрын
Please get me a time I definitely want to go back to thse lovely times ❤
@LarryRood10 ай бұрын
Christmas 1971.
@marisaausili4752 жыл бұрын
Un verdadero y maravilloso recuerdo familiar!! Qué hermoso tesoro!!!❤❤
@samanthab192310 ай бұрын
Chrissy was a great gift. My little sis got her & Velvet, the blond. I love the centerpiece 🍎
@lawriefoster55872 жыл бұрын
Your wife loved the Williamsburg Pewter teapot!! So nice to see this...brought back memories with me being 70!!
@LarryRood2 жыл бұрын
You're young, very young:)
@stephanielitton2929 Жыл бұрын
I made it almost to the end before the tears started to fall. I had Chrissy also. I actually still have her and she is going grey right along with me. (Subsequently, my hair is down to the backs of my knees...lol ) Wonderful moment in time preserved.
@jackiewynter68292 жыл бұрын
I was just six (6) but now you can’t keep me from this Christmas. My whole family love Christmas ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🎄🌲🎄🌲
@lucky5853 Жыл бұрын
Back then I was 20 yrs.old, life was much easier and simple, thank you for the memories of a happy ,naive world, I miss it very much.
@stevefoster4326 Жыл бұрын
Looks like a nice, loving family, and the music was tops... charmed, some of the best, memories.
@andrewbriggs6083 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this, just thank you.
@chrianmbandas6277 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing ! ❤
@suefroster3592 Жыл бұрын
I was a young teenager. Then and people were so different than? They are now and I'm in my sixties now. Everyone dressed up for Christmas people just hung lights under bushes and windows. A didn't matter that was crooked and you always had a big Dinner and getting the perfect Christmas tree which by the way that tree was perfect And it was a scotch pint. You. Go to the places now to buy trees and they're all short needles. I missed those days thank you for sharing
@amym11068 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing. I grew up in the seventies and would love to see home movies of my childhood. This was amazing to watch.
@leslieMClass80 Жыл бұрын
I was 9 in 1971 and I got Chrissy that year too! What a beautiful memory you just shared with us all. Brought back my own memories and how wonderful life really was back then as a child
@Thewitchofwildlife2 жыл бұрын
Aaaaah the good ol days ☺️ lovely 🥰
@siggyretburns7523 Жыл бұрын
I was 10 in '71. All but the last 5 days of it. According to this, I was almost 11. Those were the days.
@michaelgmoore5708 Жыл бұрын
This is Christmas in July in my Apt right now. I am playing all the old 40s and 50s. Christmas music for the whole month of July. My American Flyer trains will run as well! I have the same set in like new condition with all the boxes and set box too!
@meot22 жыл бұрын
Thank you for digitizing the home film ! We also celebrated a similar holiday, only a little later on December 31 - January 1. There were also gifts under the tree... The most remarkable thing about the filming of those years was that people were genuinely happy with simple gifts. Now everything is much more complicated...
@LarryRood2 жыл бұрын
And thank you.
@swannoir79492 жыл бұрын
I was think the same thing about the gifts.
@livinglife83332 жыл бұрын
Wow these are the Christmas’s I remember.
@randycarson2949 Жыл бұрын
Such a sweet family ❤️
@LarryRood Жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@michaelfredt5732 жыл бұрын
Such a beautiful family sharing the joy of Christmas. Thanks for these precious memories. Loved your Manger under the tree.
@LarryRood2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Michael. Larry
@ms.ravenwood2 жыл бұрын
I love the 70's
@dras8533 Жыл бұрын
Molto bello complimenti tempi passati che non tornano più ❤
@ginalindsey84042 жыл бұрын
Your video put a huge smile on my face. Thank you.
@LarryRood2 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@candlecarrie1185 Жыл бұрын
What a sweet video. I was raised in the 70s and 80s and it was such a simpler time.
@timswauger8381 Жыл бұрын
1971 was my first Christmas as I was born on July 28 of that year.
@jackneidinger95449 ай бұрын
I always wanted permanent joy and satisfaction for Christmas and I never got it. I was a greedy kid.
@suepowell20972 жыл бұрын
I was 11 years old in 1971. Such a beautiful video. Thank you for sharing your family with us.
@LarryRood2 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@larciabella Жыл бұрын
very enjoyable.Brings back memories of the Golden years!Missing my beloved family.Merry Christmas in Sept.
@jehobden Жыл бұрын
Very nice! My sister worked most of her career in fashion at Wright-Patterson AFB.
@scrappyjunk8793 Жыл бұрын
kudos to mom that tree and table settings was perfect
@davidrogers0717 Жыл бұрын
Ahhh yes. Back when mom didn't mind getting a griddle or sweeper for xmas.
@katherinebrockhoff8476 Жыл бұрын
What memories! I was 9 in 1971 and this is what I remember very well. My grandmother made that apple & pineapple centerpiece every year and let me “help”. Now I have to make one this year. What fun!
@LarryRood Жыл бұрын
The apple cone was straight from Williamsburg.
@Jamestele1 Жыл бұрын
I was 8 months old during the Christmas of 1971. My birth father, who I never knew, was in Vietnam, getting addicted to Heroin, after living through a rocket attack and seeing his colleagues and friends blown apart. I had been adopted by a really good family and lived in Dale City, Virginia. My Dad worked at the Pentagon, and we had a great life. The pictures my family took back then look very similar. Makes me nostalgic - it really is a wonderful life!
@nohandleforme.... Жыл бұрын
What a beautiful, happy family! I grew up in the 60s and 70s, then served in the Air Force in the 80s. This video really hits home for me. I miss those days. Thanks for sharing.
@LOLOLUTHER Жыл бұрын
What fun! Love mom's apple/pineapple centerpiece. And your sis got a Crissy doll!
@dougboyko4008Ай бұрын
The car brings back memories
@kerrieparrish27642 жыл бұрын
I loved this. I grew up on or around Air Force bases so the plane flying over was just like I remembered. Thank you!
@ncavlleguy Жыл бұрын
I was 4 years old that Christmas What a beautiful and excellent video Exceptional quality for its time. What a beautiful tree you chose !!! Thank you for sharing this Time Machine. Take me back MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND YOURS 🎄🔔❄️
@cathywallace6990 Жыл бұрын
Family really cherish that time the little girl even like the jump rope kids today would throw it aside .So sad how family's are today and children .