Hi everyone! I hope you’re all well. Today is Wednesday, and it’s time for another post in the Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge hosted by Long and Short Reviews. If you’d like to participate in the challenge, you can find the list of topics for 2024 here, and if you’d like to read others’ responses to this week’s topic, you can do so here.
Something that was Better When I was A kid
Oh wow, I could wax nostalgic in this post about many different things, but since we all have lives and other things to do, I’ll pick just a few.
Firstly, cartoons! Cartoons seem to have gotten dumber as I’ve gotten older. I know that seems like a no-brainer: I’ve grown (relatively) smarter, and so naturally, cartoons might seem childish. However, I still have my favourites that I watch from time to time, such as The Flintstones, The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle and Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, and they can still grip me like they did in the 80s and 90s. Even Fireman Sam, a cartoon my younger nephew used to be obsessed with, seems to lack something these days.
Secondly, Christmas! As some of you might have guessed from several of my other posts, I have such a special place (obsession) in my heart for Christmas (I loved fairy lights as a kid, and you can read about that here), and it always seemed so magical. As a grown-up, though, it’s hard not to see through the magic right to the commercialism. Everything is about presents now, and while that was a part of the magic when I was small, I wasn’t conscious of consumerism and the economy and everything that seems to make Christmas what it is these days. Don’t get me wrong, I can still find the magic — it just takes me a minute.
Finally, music! As I mentioned earlier, I was a kid of the 80s and 90s; I grew up with the likes of Whitney Houston, Madonna, Cyndi Lauper and Wham! as well as Cher the Petshop Boys and Depeche Mode filling the house from my mum and Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Roy Orbison and Johnny Cash from my dad. I do like contemporary music; I even love some of it, but nothing ever hits the same as the intro to Girls Just Wanna Have Fun or I Wanna Dance with Somebody.
Anyway, that’s enough for post 41! What do you all think was better in childhood?
Thanks very much, as always, for reading my post!
Until next time,
George
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GEORGE L THOMAS 
Oh, I adored those old cartoons! My family’s tv used an antenna and only received a few channels, so I watched a lot of Looney Tunes and other stuff that first aired years before I was even born. But it didn’t matter. They were still fun.
I liked Christmas as a kid but do not enjoy it as an adult.
I don’t think kids realize just how much work goes into making Christmas happen. It’s magical when you’re a kid (or at least hopefully it is!), but after working in retail (and being screamed at, ect because we were sold out of certain seasonal products a few days before Christmas)., seeing all of the ugly consumerism, and also losing a few loved ones during this season, it’s not very magical for me anymore unfortunately.
What do you enjoy about Christmas as an adult? I’d love to hear more about what you love about it if you’re willing to share. It’s wonderful to learn why people enjoy the things they do.
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I can’t imagine working in retail and having to manage people screaming at you. I tend to live in my own little world and assume everyone would behave the same as me in any given situation. I’m often shocked to hear of other people’s bad behaviour.
As far as Christmas goes, I think it’s the nostalgia that I love. It takes me back to childhood where my whole family would gather for the day. There used to be so many of us, and now there’s really only me, my my husband and my nephew. I see my sister and my little nephew on Christmas Eve, but everyone else has either moved away or passed away.
I also love the decorations. Fairy lights and Christmas trees just make me happy.
You’re right about kids not realising the work that goes into making Christmas magical, and it’s almost a shame when they grow up and realise that’s nothing is really as they imagined. But that could be said for everybaspect of life.
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Funnily enough, I tried to watch the 1980s/90s TMNT cartoons, and I couldn’t make it through an episode, even with nostalgia as a factor. The first three movies I still enjoy, but not the cartoons for some reason.
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Ah yeah, those movies are great, Stephen. We still watch those in our house, too. 🙂
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I must say, though, that if I ever see a pizza place offering anchovies I will probably give them a shot — Michelangelo’s hatred of them not withstanding!
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Your post made me think immediately of “What’s Opera, Doc” – a clip here and the wikipedia entry here.
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