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5 Ways Christmas in the 1970s Ruled!

Christmas is a little different for each generation; you can always hear a crazy uncle with a scotch in his hand talking about how, “Christmas when I was growing up was yada, yada, yada.” I swore when I was growing up that I would never be like that.

A Grain of Salt | ElbyJames
6 min readNov 22, 2022

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Three women in clothes of the 1970s
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Well, I guess I’m bad at keeping promises because I’m going to compare my Christmases growing up in the 70s to today’s Christmases.

I was a child of the 70s and anyone who has grown up in the 70s, or anyone who just loves that era, knows it was unique in just about everything: music, clothing, speech, style, and even with protests. The 70s definitely had an impact on the rest of the 20th century.

Remember though, this was the 70s, a time before the digital age. This was a time before the internet and smartphones and iPads and most importantly a time before social media but it was the tip of the video game console indutry. The video game console industry was just a glimpse of what was to come in the not so near future

I thought I would take this opportunity to compile a list of how Christmases in the 70s were different, yet not so different.

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A Grain of Salt | ElbyJames

ElbyJames is an American disabled combat vet exiled in the UK & a free speech absolutist. He’s an occasional Top Writer