Christmas Was so Much Better in the 80’s

Dodgy Christmas Lights

I can see the scene clearly- you’d spend a couple hours decorating the tree and hanging up the lights, and you’re finally ready to plug that sucker in and have a whole reveal.

The moment would come after all of the anticipation, everyone gathered around to watch, you’d plug it in and… literally nothing happened.

Dodgy Christmas Lights

. Almost every time a light bulb wasn’t screwed in properly or one of the bulbs had blown out, leading your dad to spend another two hours checking every single little bulb to make sure they were in place.