Remembering the 80s: The Year in Christmas, 1985

It was a Wednesday morning, December 25th, and under the tree, there was a good chance that Santa brought you Transformers, Pound Puppies, GI-JOE, Rainbow Brite, and the Atari 2600.

It was the start of Ronald Regan’s second term, the wreckage of the Titanic was located, USA for Africa recorded We Are the World, no one liked new Coke, and Marty McFly went Back to the Future. The singer Bruno Mars was born in October and Kaley Cuoco was born one month later. This was the year in Christmas,1985

The Year in Christmas catalogs movies and television that aired that year. This is the 4th episode of the series and will continue to count down through the 80s.

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Channel Title
00:03 Introduction
01:28 Special Events
04:13 Rocky IV
05:13 Punky Brewster
06:12 227
10:24 The Jetsons
11:33 He-Man & She-Ra A Christmas Special
12:54 The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
14:04 Animation/Kids
16:45 G.I.-JOE
17:54 Now a Word from Our Sponsors
22:14 The Twilight Zone
24:08 Amazing Stories
25:31 Horror
27:27 The Facts of Life
28:28 Newhart
29:29 Specials
33:00 Moonlighting
34:05 TV Drama
38:14 One Magic Christmas
39:45 Christmas Adjacent Movies
41:00 Growing Pains
42:38 Santa Claus the Movie
44:29 Conclusion

The Year in Christmas catalogs movies and television that aired that year.

What do you remember in 1985? Leave your comments below.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays and remember to stay off the naughty list

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Written and Edited by the Christmas Aficionado
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[ChristmasAficionado]

This video got a copyright claim for the Better Off Dead sequence. The music behind it is the Cars so the options were to mute it or not have the video show anymore. I chose to mute it.

[cgimovieman]

I was 6. God I miss this time. The world just seemed right and all seemed good. I feel like nothing since the mid-90’s has been right since.

[BaddogSports]

1985 was a damn good year!
Nothing like growing up in the 80s

[lilmac]

I was 5 years old in 85. The 80s in general will always hold a special place in my heart. Back when things were simple especially as a kid. No cell phone in sight. Love being able to travel back in time on YouTube.

[Michael-mtzq]

I was 12 years old and it was coming a beautiful snowy blizzard here in Kentucky. Both grandmas were still living and had 3 channels on tv. Life was perfect.

[jimmycurrire]

I was 8 and remember it like yesterday, all family was alive and the times were wonderful
How awful the world has become

[That-rogue-]

Was 9 and it was so much better than today! Miss those days

[LL-blhd]

I was 7. Still believed in Santa. Liked watching He-Man and Thundercats on TV and Disney movies. Christmas was the best back then! The mall full of Christmas decorations and music. Happy times with family. Christmas will never be that way again! I'll have to save this one and watch it when the Christmas season gets here.

[jal]

Youtube is a miracle website where one can travel back in time!

[dn]

Was 19 years old, my girlfriend who would also become my wife in several years was also 19. Met her at a Christmas party back in December of '85 while watching a video on MTV. We dated for several years, married and she blessed me with three beautiful children. 37 years later we're still married and now enjoying our three grandchildren. The '80s with its music, movies, TV shows, video games, fashions and more was a memorable decade to remember. Thanks for sharing!

[dave_edwardtx]

It was a simpler time...as "advanced" as we've become, a lot of the world just "worked" better then. I miss the 80s more and more as time wears on.

[EdsterIII]

My childhood was during the 70's, however my teenage years were spent in the 80's. Born in 1967 I turned 13 in 1980. Everything was better, restaurants were better, all food tasted better it seemed. Even soda was better out of the bottles, glass bottles. The 70's for me were the best in the 70's however. Don't get me wrong, the 80's were incredibly special as well. But as a little kid Christmas was an event. The ambiance was so much better and had a much bigger and a far more special feeling. Christmas was in the air, and you FELT IT. Nowadays it's just not the same. I know times change. We get older, priorities change, and our lives and outlooks differ, but it seems as though Christmas went from a family holiday to a flat out Commercial joke. Sad, just sad.

[wonderfilled]

No Christmas commercial compilation is complete without the Folgers commercial. 💯👏🏽

[dceddmd]

The Folgers commercial always tugs my heart.

[marcryan]

I was 11. Such a magical time! The 80s were the absolute best!

[nymetsfan]

80’s and 90’s were the best time to be alive and I got to enjoy every single year of both decades!

[robertcochran]

Born in 75. This brings back memories! Thank you for your work

[Senor_Senpai]

I was 11 years old in 1985… I miss the 80s

[endofsociety]

I remember that Christmas well. I was 9 and we were homeless. Sleeping in a basement shelter a baptist church provided for us. We had to move from one place to another every week. I remember they rented Back to the Future on VHS so we could watch it. My eyes were glued to the TV the whole time. We were fed and clothed and church parishioners even chipped in to get my siblings and I gifts. They even took us christmas caroling to a bunch of really nice houses. I found it to be a tease. But I wasn't jealous. I remember wishing I had a home just as nice though.

[followthru]

I was 6 years old in 85. Those were some amazing times