14 Photos of Kids Opening Presents in the 80s

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In the 80s, the holidays meant more, especially holiday photos. Without fancy digital cameras you had to drop your precious film off at a little hut in the mall parking lot and sometime after New Years, if you were lucky, you got your result: pure holiday satisfaction on film.

Check out who was naughty and nice way back when in these 14 photos of children opening their 1980s Christmas gifts.

Matt was shocked by the racial epithets hurled by Wisecracking ALF. (via mattonfire)

Remember when Christmas rolled around and it was kind of disappointing because maybe you got some, but not ALL of the things on your list? Well, that never happened to Adrienne, losers. (via Adrienne)

Gina got everything you wanted that year. (via ginalafleur)

No, it's not a dream. It's a dream house. (via jessica)

Everything the Shellen brothers need to start their own crappy open mic. (via flickr/shellen)

The day Paul stopped hunting girls, and started hunting ducks. (via bennettmedia)

A top secret Hannukah at the Phillips house. (via halphillips)

Good luck with that, Jennifer. (via jennifer)

Sarah ain't 'fraid of no ghosts. (via speculatonsandruminations)

Can a spider enjoy Christmas? (via Ken Reid)

Make new Glo-friends but keep the old... (via Ani-Bee Flickr)

The great Cabbage Patch explosion of 1989 (via imremembering)

Girl-crush! (via imremembering)

What do you get the girl who has everything? Pants. (via colormeblah)

Hillary Buckholtz is editor of the nostalgia website I'm Remembering!

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12.24.10

By KrazyCalvin

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Spy tech! You just made me nostalgia hard.

12.27.10

By Katie G

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Someone got a major She-Ra haul....no fair. We've got a pic from sometime in the late 80s where my brother and I are freaking out over a pair of walkie talkies. Apparently we were really really excited to get them.

12.27.10

By Schaapje

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A glow friend! I totally forgot about that, I remember getting one when I was about 6 and I was so very happy with it!

12.30.10

By claire

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What kind of kid looks THAT despondent when he just got a freaking NES?!?!

1.12.11

By nrenzetti

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Did wisecracking ALF say the N word like in the YouTube video where he re-enacted an LA Law scene?

1.13.11

By larashia

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I LOVE these pics!!! They really take me back. I was a kid in the 80's. I got that Barbie Dream House one year for Christmas. I forgot what it looked like. I also had that same Baby Smurf, Rainbow Bright stuff, Care Bears, and of course Cabbage Patch Kids--but in '83 when they first came out. Thanks for posting these pics.

1.14.11

By Scrubaknee61

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This really took us back to the days starting with my oldest son, to my daughter, and then it continued with my youngest son on remembering all those items received. They got so excited there was no time to waste and open the gifts, whether they were wished for or if got being second best. For my kids as I was we were lucking to get at least one item strongly wanted and the others were what we needed. I was a parent that took pics of all their gift receiving time to do just this look back in the days. They are cherishing their pic albums from birth to the present (yes for 30 plus years their life is snap shot). Other people from the 1980's don't remember hardly any of these or other post popular wanted theme gifts. This article really helped them out to continue this exact topic we all have had recently.....what is that????