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    Millennials, These 47 Photos Will Take You Directly To Back To Christmas In The '90s

    The holidays meant looking through the Toys "R" Us catalog and watching The Muppet Christmas Carol over and over.

    1. Weirdly getting into the holiday spirit by watching the Kids WB! and Fox Kids Christmas bumpers:

    WB Kids

    2. And really getting into the holiday spirit anytime you went to the mall and just walked around looking at the decorations:

    People in a mall

    3. Making your parents take you to these stores so that you could see if there were some things you forgot to ask for:

    4. Begging your parents to buy you a Hallmark Keepsake ornament, but really it was so you could play with it:

    Hallmark Keepsake Barbie

    5. And for some reason, having a penguin ornament on your tree (why were penguin ornaments such a thing?):

    Penguin ornament

    6. Watching Regis Philbin host the Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade special on ABC:

    Regis Philbin and Mickey Mouse

    7. Being mesmerized by the computer animation in the Coca-Cola polar bears commercials:

    Screenshot of polar bear Coca-Cola commercial

    8. Feeling uber-cool if your parents allowed you to email your Christmas list to Santa:

    A mother and daughter using an old computer that says "Santa Claus is coming to town"

    9. Hearing Vanessa Williams's "Save the Best for Last" being played around the holidays, but it was probably because of the winter-themed music video for it:

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    Vanessa Williams/ UMG/ youtube.com

    10. Having your mom or dad write the family Christmas letter that they would then photocopy and send to all their friends and relatives:

    Christmas card

    11. Your family getting professionally shot Christmas card photos from friends and family that always looked like the camera lens was smeared with Vaseline before it was taken:

    A family portrait

    12. Eating one of these Santa head lollipops that tasted like stale cough drops:

    13. Drinking out of Christmas glasses that had this design on it (which was basically the Jazz cup design of the holiday season):

    Christmas cups

    14. And drinking hot cocoa out of the mugs with Christmas geese on it:

    Christmas mugs

    15. Reading A Christmas Carol from a copy with this exact cover:

    A Christmas Carol

    16. Looking over and over at all the pretty photos in the I Spy Christmas book:

    I Spy Christmas

    17. Watching random Christmas specials, like the Bob Hope ones...

    Bob Hope Christmas special

    18. ...or Christmas at Home with the Stars with either your parents or grandparents:

    Aretha Franklin

    19. Your family getting one of these multi-flavor giant popcorn tins from someone they sorta knew that ultimately became a decoration items the next year or a regift:

    20. Looking forward to the Toys "R" Us holiday catalog — that would come in the newspaper — so that you could see all the new toys that were being released:

    Toys "R" Us catalog

    21. And looking through The Sharper Image Catalog and wanting everything in it because it seemed so cool and futuristic:

    The Sharper Image Catalog

    22. Thinking it was so cool that Penny Marshall and Rosie O'Donnell got to hang out in a giant room surrounded by toys in the Kmart commercials (and being a little jealous of that):

    Penny Marshall and Rosie O'Donnell

    23. And also being a little jealous of all the things Rosie would give away to the studio audience on her show (and yes, even though she gave out things year-round, it was always amped during the holidays):

    Rosie O'Donnell

    24. Getting into the festive mood by watching this absolute classic over and over...

    The Muppets

    25. ...and by singing along to this video:

    Disney's Sing-Along Songs

    26. Having all your presents come wrapped in really shiny, shiny paper:

    A little girl opening presents

    27. Or, if it was a fancy gift, placed inside of a hat box:

    A Christmas hat box

    28. Really wanting Campbell's soup whenever you watched this commercial:

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    Campbells/ youtube.com

    29. Getting excited whenever Nickelodeon would start airing its holiday-themed episodes:

    "The Rugrats"

    30. Watching random-ass old cartoon Christmas specials on Cartoon Network:

    Screenshot of a Christmas special

    31. Being excited whenever the Gap's kick-ass holiday commercials came on:

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    Gap/ youtube.com

    32. And really wanting Old Navy's performance fleece for Christmas — because the commercials made it sound like YOU NEEDED ONE:

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    Old Navy/ youtube.com

    33. Arguing with your friends or siblings over which Home Alone movie was the better one:

    Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

    34. Being pretty terrified of the Beauty and the Beast Christmas movie 'cause that pipe organ was creepy AF (but still watching it 'cause it was the only sequel to Beauty and the Beast):

    Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas

    35. Trying to collect as many holiday Beanie Babies as you could:

    Holiday Beanie Babies

    36. Having old Coca-Cola Christmas tin reproductions around the kitchen or TV room as decorations:

    Coca-Cola Christmas tin

    37. Staring at the animated Santa Claus decoration your parents would put out and thinking it was some sort of amazing animatronic (it wasn't and was always loud AF).

    Santa Claus

    38. Being able to hear the Hershey's Kisses commercial in your head before it even started playing the bell sounds:

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    Hershey/ youtube.com

    39. Thinking this tasted totally different than the regular versions, but really they just tasted the same:

    Cap'n Crunch's Christmas Crunch and Cookie Crisp

    40. Feeling like you were a chef whenever you made oh-so-yummy slice-and-bake cookies:

    Slice and bake cookies

    41. Going into mom and pop stationary shops and seeing ornament displays like these (which was catnip for moms!):

    A Christmas display

    42. Begging your parents to take you to Toys "R" Us (so that you could see what toys you wanted to add to your Christmas list)...

    Toys "R" Us

    43. ...and sorta regretting it 'cause the crowds were always INSANE:

    People in line at the toy store

    44. Begging for a Furby for Christmas:

    Furby

    45. And begging for a Tamagotchi for Christmas, but instead getting a knock-off one:

    Knock-off Tamagotchi

    46. Finding a Life Savers book from Santa in your stocking:

    Life Savers books

    47. And lastly, either wanting a Tickle Me Elmo or being confused as to why there was such a craze over a stuffed animal:

    Tickle Me Elmo