Christmas Nostalgia (16 pics)

1

Being mesmerized by the computer animation in the Coca-Cola polar bears commercials:

2

Getting just one chance to get a good photo with the Santa at the mall because there were no digital cameras — hence a lot of pics of kids crying or looking in the other direction:

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And also really getting into the holiday spirit anytime you went to the mall and just walked around looking at the decorations:

4

Your mom and your aunt having that one go-to denim Christmas button-up they would wear whenever they wanted to feel festive:

5

Your grandma wearing her Christmas vest (usually over a red turtleneck) basically the entire month:

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And your grandma also decorating her house for the holidays with either Thomas Kinkade or Franklin Mint Christmas scene plates:

7

Having to pick up these outdoor light-up candle decorations all the time because they were hollow and constantly got knocked down by the wind:

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And breaking several light bulbs whenever you helped put up the outdoor Christmas lights:

9

Begging your parents to buy you a Hallmark Keepsake ornament, but really, it was so you could play with it:

10

And for some reason, having a penguin ornament on your tree (why were penguin ornaments such a thing?):

11

Eating off placemats that had fugly drawings of poinsettias and always just used red, white, and green:

12

Having your mom or dad write the family Christmas letter that they would then photocopy and send to all their friends and relatives:

13

Looking forward to the night when ABC's TGIF aired its Christmas episodes:

14

Eating one of these Santa-head lollipops that tasted like stale cough drops:

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And feeling like the red and green Christmas M&M's tasted the best: