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- Back then, the tinsel seemed a little bit sparklier, the TV specials more magical and Christmas jumpers were sported proudly and without irony. It was also the last decade to spawn multiple cast-iron classic Christmas hits, many of which can be heard on BBC Radio 2's festive edition of Sounds of the 80s.
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- Getting a Cabbage Patch Kid. You did not buy a Cabbage Patch Kid—you adopted one, and if you grew up in the '80s, you remember exactly when you first became a parent to one of these incredibly popular dolls.
- Mr. T being the White House Santa. I pity the fool who doesn't appreciate the magic of Mr. T in a Santa costume. Yes, in 1983, the star of The A-Team and cultural icon got invited to the White House by First Lady Nancy Reagan, who was impressed by Mr. T's anti-drug advocacy.
- Meeting Santa's Little Helper for the first time on The Simpsons. Of course, it wasn't just the family greyhound that we met. The beloved titular family had already appeared in shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show, but the first episode of The Simpsons reintroduced us to Homer, Marge, Bart, and Lisa.
- All Christmas shopping happening at the mall. There's no question that buying presents for the whole family on Amazon has made Christmas shopping more convenient, but it's hard not to feel nostalgic for the distinctive joy (and yes, sometimes stress) of going to the mall during the holiday season.
- National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
- A Christmas Story
- Mickey's Christmas Carol
- Santa Claus: The Movie
- A Smoky Mountain Christmas
- Die Hard
- Scrooged
- Gremlins
- Prancer
- Lethal Weapon
Chevy Chase and the Griswold clan make the most of a holiday where everything goes disastrously, hilariously wrong in this slapstick-heavy perennial favorite written by John Hughes.
Based on the writings of Canada’sJean Shepherd, the family comedy—centered on a boy who pines for a Red Ryder air rifle—has aired in 24-hour blocks on TNT and/or TBS since Christmas 1997. (Director Bob Clark also helmed a different kind of holiday classic, the 1974 cult slasher flick Black Christmas.) Related:A Christmas Story Cast:Where Are They N...
An iconic standout among innumerable Charles Dickens adaptations, this featurette-length animated classic stars Scrooge McDuck as Ebenezer Scrooge—on that fateful night he's faced with ghosts of Christmas past, present and future.
Dudley Moore, John Lithgow and David Huddleston star in this British-American comedy about an overworked Santa, his elf and a scheming businessman.
Before she reigned as Queen of Netflix Christmas, Dolly Parton starred in this ABC original about a country singer and a mountain man who rescue orphans from a witchand a crooked sheriff. Best of luck getting the toe-tapping title track out of your head.
Bruce Willis' Christmas Eve battle royale against Alan Rickman and a team of heavily armed terrorists atop Nakatomi Plaza stands tall as one of the finest action pictures ever made, along with the likes of James Cameron‘s Aliens and George Miller‘s Mad Max: Fury Road. An unexpected box office smash, Die Hard was nominated for four Academy Awardsand...
Released four years after box office juggernaut Ghostbusters, the tagline for this comedic modernization of A Christmas Carol read “Bill Murrayis back among the ghosts, only this time, it’s three against one.” Murray plays a thoroughly modern, cynical, corporate Scrooge, and while some have criticized the film for being mean-spirited—that’s kind of...
Quick: is Joe Dante‘s handcrafted masterpiece of mayhem a horror movie for Halloween, or is it a Christmas movie? Gremlins is so deliciously inventive, so funny and yes, so frightening, who could blame you for watching it at least twice a year? The PG-rated Gremlins was aimed at a wide audience, and raked in a hefty $153 million against an $11 mill...
Sam Elliott, Cloris Leachman and newcomer Rebecca Harrell star in John Hancock's family fantasy drama about a young girl who discovers a wounded reindeer she believes to be one of Santa's sleigh bearers.
Director Richard Donner and writer Shane Black's iconic, Oscar-nominated action-comedy starsMel Gibson and Danny Glover as mismatched LAPD officers investigating a mysterious death. Lethal Weapon was number one at the U.S. box office for three weeks, ultimately grossing $120 million against a $15 million budget—and launching a franchise. It is cons...
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- A Christmas Carol. Credit: Amazon. This classic retelling of A Christmas Carol follows Ebenezer Scrooge (George C. Scott) as he takes a ghostly journey through his past, present, and future to learn the true meaning of Christmas and love.
- Steel Magnolias. Credit: Amazon. It may not be a Christmas movie in the traditional sense, but who could forget the famous Christmas festival scene and Shelby's holiday pregnancy announcement?
- Trading Places. A wealthy executive (Dan Aykroyd) and wily street hustler (Eddie Murphy) switch lifestyles during the holidays and hilarity ensues.
- A Christmas Without Snow. Credit: Tubi. This made-for-TV movie follows a troubled divorcée who moves to San Francisco for a fresh start.
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- Being excited the Saturday before Christmas because you knew all your favorite Saturday morning cartoons would be airing their Christmas episodes
- Watching random Christmas made-for-TV specials that felt like fever dreams
- And of course, watching lots of random Hanna-Barbera Christmas specials
- Your mom or aunt who would always wear fancy Christmas sweaters — which always had shoulder pads sewn into them and sequins — to holiday parties and on Christmas Day
Dec 21, 2021 · The 1980s. The must-have toys. Geek chic was all the rage in the early 80s, with the Rubik’s Cube emerging as 1981’s big hit present, soon followed by similar geometric puzzles like Rubik's Snake...
The decade produced some solid gold festive favourites we still enjoy year after year when the happiest season comes around, and here are in our estimation are the ten best Christmas classics produced in the 80s (which excludes 1990’s Home Alone, in case you were wondering!) 10. Santa Claus: The Movie.
Dec 12, 2020 · Eight Reasons Why Christmas In The ’80s Was The Best. by Katie BinghamSmith | December 12, 2020. I remember the Christmas of 1985 like no other — that was the year my sisters and I got Cabbage Patch dolls.
