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- robwhite1979, on 11/15/2009, -1/+342I remember my dad (who was born in the 1930s and the youngest child from a family of 11 children) telling me about how when he was a kid he was lucky if he got an orange for Christmas. He always made sure I understood the value of stuff and how lucky I was to grow up in a house/time where we'd get all kinds of amazing stuff. By the time I was born my family was doing well, my dad owned his own business which was successful and tried to give my sister, brother and myself everything that he didn't have when he was a kid. I totally appreciated every gift I've ever received, even if it wasn't exactly what I wanted because it was instilled in me from the time I was very little that we should never take anything for granted because it could be gone tomorrow.
Another time my grandmother (who grew up in Ireland) told me that for Christmas one year she got a stick that was shaped like a "Y" with a little home-made dress on it (probably made out of an old sock or something like that) as a doll for Christmas. She kept it until it fell apart and missed it when it was gone.
When I see kids freak out because they *only* got a Wii when they wanted a PS3 I honestly don't know if I'd rather scream or cry... - slapded, on 11/15/2009, -7/+167I dunno a 'y' stick sounds better than a wii actually
- QsheiK, on 11/15/2009, -7/+157Where's all the iPods and videogames and full DVD sets and stockings just stuffed with electronics and other expensive stuff?
Oh yea, that was when Christmas wasn't such a huge marketing ploy. - dinuguan, on 11/16/2009, -7/+118Awww, that dog's SO dead.
- DeskFlyer, on 11/15/2009, -4/+94Dugg for the gun mounted on wall in the background.
- robwhite1979, on 11/15/2009, -1/+65Haha, okay, that's actually kinda funny.
- matticusf1nch, on 11/16/2009, -1/+62Did he get balloons, a dog or that chair?
- xero69, on 11/16/2009, -1/+60None of the above, he got polio.
- JayBabs, on 11/16/2009, -3/+50It's Jesus' birthday!
- elliotys, on 11/16/2009, -1/+46Um, wtf is up with the balloons?
- chadsexingtime, on 11/16/2009, -0/+39I remember when nostalgia was better
- kartman2001, on 11/15/2009, -7/+45Americans did not invent consumerism. Stop being an ass.
- deathstryk, on 11/16/2009, -7/+44my dad used to walk 10miles in 1-foot deep snow, in a blizzard, up hill, both ways to get our Christmas tree.
- bringitontimx, on 11/16/2009, -5/+42I bet the woman was in the kitchen making sammiches.
- depro9, on 11/16/2009, -3/+36Back then you got an orange in your sock & you were happy to not get rickets.
- sutherbj, on 11/16/2009, -0/+33Pretty sure the vast majority of Digg sees their Dad in this picture. I know I do... and miss him terribly.
- LordStryker, on 11/16/2009, -1/+33If I had a kid that screamed and cried because he got a Wii over a PS3 I'd be sending the Wii back to the store the very next day and he wouldn't have either. And here endeth the lesson.
- stackolee, on 11/16/2009, -0/+31It may look barren, but that's because Santa hid the Red Ryder BB Gun in between the desk and the wall.
- kidtwist, on 11/16/2009, -0/+29My dad was a kid during the Depression. He tells me that Christmas one year he got an inflatable rubber ball. The next Christmas he got a patch for it.
- Xtortion08, on 11/16/2009, -0/+29Santa gives more to rich kids than poor kids!
- XcentryK, on 11/16/2009, -0/+27Seriously... thank you for that.
In an Internet full of captioned cats and overly aggressive individuals, you made me smile and nod in agreement.
Simple, yet, inspirational story. - yacks, on 11/16/2009, -2/+29if they cried about getting the wii instead of a PS3.. Their wii is gone and they aren't getting anything back in return.
- PrettyBoyFloyd, on 11/16/2009, -0/+26I'm a bit older than most Digg users, and I remember some pretty bleak Christmas mornings from back in the sixties when my parents weren't doing very well financially. As a child, I still believed in Santa, and thought I'd just been a rotten kid when one Christmas morning, the only thing under the tree was a big box filled with crayons and coloring books for all three of us (myself and my older brother and sister). I guess I suspected all three of us had been naughty instead of nice. The myth did its magic, because I tried to be a better boy the rest of the year, clean my room, do whatever chores my mom assigned to a four or five year old, and tried to stay out of trouble. That seemed to do the trick, because the next Christmas saw a much more bountiful harvest of toys (at least one gift for each of us, instead of one gift to share amongst all of us). It helped that my dad got a much better job. A few years later, when I started school, my mom went back to work, and the two-parent income helped us make the climb up to lower middle-class. Christmas was really special when I could expect two or three toys every year, including the ones I'd asked Santa to bring (Major Matt Mason FTW!)!
- gernblansted, on 11/16/2009, -1/+26Another 1950s Christmas, but very different than the one above:
http://vimeo.com/5454396 - OmNomNomBACON, on 11/15/2009, -8/+32It's called sarcasm. Maybe I should have used /s
- jp2535, on 11/16/2009, -3/+26obvious troll is obvious
- skipvt, on 11/15/2009, -3/+25Dude, go smoke a bowl and mellow out.
- bubba9999, on 11/16/2009, -0/+21once upon a time, balloons were special and not commonplace.
- plainOldFool, on 11/16/2009, -1/+22Don't mock it. I had to walk, well, 1 mile to school, uphill, both ways in the cold, snowy Binghamton winters. Literally, uphill both ways. I always thought it was a dumb cliche until I had to do it.
- davidg11, on 11/16/2009, -0/+21I'm guessing there is also no more air in those balloons.
- Andorix, on 11/15/2009, -0/+20actually i think that's just around when marketers figured out they could pull of such a marketing ploy
- deathstryk, on 11/16/2009, -1/+21he got the gun in the background.
- robwhite1979, on 11/16/2009, -1/+21@plainoldfool: i know what you mean, there is a giant hill between your house and your school, therefore it's uphill both ways... Took me years to figure out how it was possible :)
- quirkopatra, on 11/16/2009, -1/+20Aaaah....back in the days before people got trampled to death in the Wal Mart.
- ilikedemoon, on 11/15/2009, -2/+21we're living in a amazing time. I didnt even get a atari when i was a kid.
- blindmelon1, on 11/16/2009, -0/+19Makes me sad and a little angry, when tv ad's around christmas time say things like "Get your loved one what they really want (the latest mobile phone from nokia)." Or show how much you care (With a $3000 piece of jewelery). It seems like every year people spend more money than the last on holidays that are made more and more consumerised.
My girlfriend and I just go out for dinner around christmas, saves us wasting money on ***** we both didn't need! - StripeyMagee, on 11/16/2009, -0/+19Me either. my old man was worried it would screw up the picture quality on his Magnavox tv.
- Wareznuke, on 11/16/2009, -7/+26No matter how ghetto your Christmas is, your dog will always stand proud beside you.
- dhughes, on 11/16/2009, -1/+19 My mom grew up on a farm in the late 40's early 50's and she said that for Christmas her present was an apple, she was excited to get the apple, it came from the apple tree in the orchard on the farm!
- Megalomatthew, on 11/16/2009, -4/+22Because of your stupid name all I could do is read your trolling comment in a stereotypical pothead voice...
"the american people are to blame for all of the materialistic holidays now...maaan!" - RobertWright, on 11/15/2009, -21/+38No, you celebrate "The Holidays", Back in the 50's there were no people like you criticizing Christmas, Thanksgiving and New Years Day for what they are......"There Fixed"!
- darklich14, on 11/16/2009, -5/+22Great picture!
Precisely why Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday of the year... Christmas has gotten so ridiculously consumerized, it's sickening. I would much rather hang out with family and enjoy one anothers' company over some delicious food than fret about whether someone's going to like their gifts and act like I liked what I got. - XcentryK, on 11/16/2009, -0/+16It really is.
I must admit it's funny to partake in some nonsensical stuff every now and then - we do need to get some time off from all the stress we endure everyday - but to come on Digg and read something like you wrote is indeed amazing and I thank you for it.
Too many spoiled people (not only kids) nowadays. Makes me sad... - Wareznuke, on 11/16/2009, -2/+18Did anyone else notice this awkward looking man in his photostream? http://www.flickr.com/photos/siliconc/3626506172/
It's like his face was shrunken in photoshop. - xrEE, on 11/16/2009, -0/+15Wow, this should be submitted. That guy's face is like a natural Photoshop Pinch filter
- robwhite1979, on 11/16/2009, -0/+14Isn't it amazing when people use the internet the way it was intended to be used?? You know, to share common experiences and information across racial, geographical, and generational boundaries??? :)
- RANDOM667, on 11/16/2009, -2/+145 o'clock Christmas morning, I run downstairs and look under the tree and what do I find? Uncle Alfresco, dead on the floor, shot through the back of the head. Plus no bicycle. It was a disappointing Christmas on many levels.
- xero69, on 11/16/2009, -1/+10Back in my day we either got rickets or polio, and weeeee liked it!
- sutherbj, on 11/16/2009, -1/+10Hey. You're a douchebag.
- BeesKnees21, on 11/16/2009, -1/+10Looking at this makes me feel sorry for people... but not the people at the time this picture was taken.
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