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My cousin and I on the day of my First Communion in 1986.
As I’m planning my son’s First Communion party in a couple of weeks, I find myself feeling nostalgic and reminiscing about when I was his age and I celebrated this sacrament with my parents and family. Being a parent certainly forces you to take many trips down memory lane as you experience milestones and rites of passage with your own children that you went through yourself.
I can recall what a wonderful day it was and how much fun we all had together. My parents had a party for me at a Spanish restaurant and I can still smell all of the delicious foods and hear the music that they played during the party. The adults all sat around the table and talked while the kids danced around and played all around them. This is exactly the image that I plan to see during my son’s celebration next month, a happy smiling face like the one I used to have when I was a little girl.
As a young girl, I enjoyed watching movies with my grandparents in their home in Spain.
My experience has been that, many times, scents and images will be the sparks that catapult you back to a certain memory or event. For me, the scents of perfumes and the movies and television shows that I watched growing up immediately transport my imagination to another time. There are memories of staying up late during vacations from school and watching our favorite movies as a family. These are exactly the kind of family memories that I want to create with my own children.
I love that Netflix gives me access to many of my favorite movie and television titles from my youth. It’s always easy to watch the shows that defined many of the stages of my development from childhood and adolescence all the way through to adulthood. There is nothing quite like the feeling of taking a stroll down memory lane!
Here are my favorite Blasts From The Past on Netflix:
Childhood Years: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Tween Years: Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Teen Years: Dirty Dancing
The best part is that now I get to share many of those feel-good memories with my boys and they can have a lens into who their mom was when she was a kid!
Let’s Discuss: What are some of your favorite movies and television shows that remind you of your childhood?
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I remember I was obsessed with Scooby Doo as a kid, then I moved on to The Dukes of Hazard and later 90210. Movies that stand out are the classics with Cary Grant (he was my favorite actor-my mom loved old films so I became hooked), When I was a young teen I watched Heathers and Gleaming the Cube literally every day after school on VHS.
I loved the Wonder Years! My kids like some of those old shows, so it would be fun to watch something like that with them!
We actually JUST watched Chitty Chitty Bang Bang on Netflix about 3 weeks ago. Can you believe I had never seen it? My husband was appalled when I told him and we watched it immediately lol 🙂
The Sound of Music. My Mom loved this movie and we watched it so many times when I was growing up.
Dirty Dancing was one of my favorite movies ever. I sure do miss watching shows like that.
my favorite movie of all time is gone with the wind…its a classic
I really enjoyed watching the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons. I liked all the special characters like Dudley DoRight and Boris and Natasha.
I loved watching Punky Brewster. My scariest episode was when she got stuck in the refrigerator!
Super hard to pick a favorite, but I am a big horror movie buff, so Nightmare on Elm Street were my favorite movies when I was younger! 🙂
My daughter likes to watch Full House. It brings back so many memories of growing up! I love Netflix!
We recently watched Adventures in Babysitting with our kids. We have also enjoyed sharing the Back to the Future movies with them too. Its so funny to see all their reactions! Especially to movies where “the phones have cords?!?!” attached. lol. – alice chase
Such a nice look into the past, still love Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and watch it over and over again. Remember the time when it first came out.
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Netflix’s The Munsters TV show brings back memories of my childhood when I came home from school and watched this show.
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It is so fun looking through old pictures 🙂 When we first got Netflix I started introducing my kids to all the shows I watched as a kid. Now they are huge fans
I love seeing these old pictures! It’s so cool that Netflix has so many older movies and tv shows now. It really brings out the nostalgic in me.
We have netflix and I found the old cartoon Robin Hood the other day and my two year old keeps asking for it! I wish they had more old disney movies on Netflix!
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang! I haven’t thought of that movie in years. I need to show it to my kids!
Dirty Dancing brings back memories. My babysitter when I was little loved that movie and we watched it daily for almost an entire summer. lol. Good times!
I love finding classic movies that i loved as a kid on Netflix! I Love sharing those classics with my kids! Amber E.
We LOVE Netflix! Such a great and wide variety of movies they offer!
I love watching Saved By the Bell on Saturday mornings with my sister. It brings lots of memories back.
I think my youngest would probably pack his bags to leave home if we got rid of his Netflix. At the age of 4 he can find all o this shows – I of course love that I can lock it down to keep him from seeing the things he should not.
I remember my aunt taking my sister and I to see Mary Poppins. We all loved it and sang the songs over and over.
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It’s great to take a stroll down memory lane every now and then. I am seriously considering Netflix
Hmm…I wonder if Netflix offers Goonies. That was one of my favorite movies growing up.
I adored Chitty Chitty Bang Bang as a kid… and still do as an adult. I watch it whenever possible! I’m really enjoying Netflix streaming as are my kids! (I’m offering a giveaway also where I’m giving people credit for entering giveaways like yours so if #StreamTeam is in your tweets, hopefully you’ll see some of my people stop by!)
I recently found *Humanoids From the Deep* on Netflix and laughed out loud. That was the first ‘grown-up’ movie my brother and I ever saw (our parents didn’t know!). It was the first time we ever saw boobs on TV! 🙂
These pictures are great. I agree w/you about scents. I passed a candle in the store that I loved the scent and I brought it home even though it was not priced low. I just loved it. Hubby said, ‘that smells like old ladies in church,’ hahahaa and he was RIGHT that’s what it reminded me of, my childhood church. 🙂 I still like the candle, hubby though, not so much because it doesn’t bring about nostalgic value to him. 🙂 Netflix is big in my oldest son’s house, he and his wife love it.
Saved by the Bell! I remember watching it every weekend, and I would watch all the reruns.
I loved Roger Rabbit too! My favorite show growing up was Jem & The Holograms
Aw look at you, you little cutie! <3 I used to love Saved by the Bell and Full house. Jem & the Holograms, xmen cartoon.. gosh.. good times!
I love finding my childhood favorites on Netflix. I got my son into Scooby Doo at a young age because it was my favorite. Mary Poppins really brings back memories too. I played her in my kindergarten play! It was my crowning achievement as an actress, lol.
I loved Who Framed Roger Rabbit! Well minus all the scary melting toons 😛
I always loved Family Ties and I remember how Anal Alex was and I thought if he was my brother I would have to beat him up
I’ve been watching MST3K on Netflix, and although “youth” is a relative thing, I was certainly younger when I watched it when it first came out. Mostly what I remember is laughing right out loud, and it still has that effect on me.
I love watching tim burton movies, so when I saw they had nightmare before Christmas on there, I was very happy. It brings back good memories of my past.
I haven’t watched Dirty Dancing in forever! I love that movie and need to catch it on Netwlix.
I love Dirty Dancing! I have it in my Netflix queue right now. 🙂
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Punky Brewster brings me back and I remember thinking she was super cool because she just did what she wanted to do and didn’t let anyone bother her.
The Disney version of The Prince and The Pauper brings back a lot of memories for me. I used to have that movie on an endless loop in my living room. My parents would beg me to watch something else LOL!
I still enjoy watching the tv show All in the Family, because it is a real funny show.
A movie from my childhood was Labyrinth 🙂 I’ve watched it over and over again since I saw it as a kid. What I love about it most is David Bowie! And the muppest are super cool too 🙂
A movie I loved in my teens was Breakfast Club. Thanks for a chance to win.
I use to watch Saved by the Bell every morning. I have seen every episode at least twice! I was pretty disappointed when I went to high school lol
I love the show “everybody loves raymond”
When I was a teen I loved watching the NIghtmare on Elm Street movies!
Loved, loved, loved Roger Rabbit! I remember the excitement and buzz leading up to the release of the movie. We must have seen it a bout three times.
The best movie was the Breakfast Club! It was just so grea!
chitty chitty bang bang was a favorite of mine when i was kid, i watched it over and over, so glad i can watch it again now.
Looney Tunes brings me memories from my childhood!
One show that I loved as a youth was All in the Family. It was very funny and way ahead of its time.
I have to say Care Bears was my favorite because it not only was fun but it had good morals to each of the episodes to help teach children about the right way to interact with one another.
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Golden Girls definitely reminds me of my childhood — I still remember staying home on a Saturday night to watch it with my mom and sister, and I loved how risque and “adult” the humor was (and still do!).
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I remember watching Saved by the Bell. I always thought Zack was so cute!
Lately on Netflix I’ve been watching Trailer Park Boys with my husband. I used to watch it in high school in Canada and it makes me remember that time. Plus the show is timelessly funny on almost no budget!
I remember watching saved by the bell. I thought Zack was so cool with his cell phone, now I think “wow, that phone is HUGE
There are 2, first is My LIttle Pony, yes there is a new one, but the old one is there too. Also more recently Jem and the Holograms.
I was a big fan of Laverne and Shirley. I still watch the videos. This was the best and funniest show ever.
I remember watching the movie Labyrinth growing up. I just loved Jennifer Connelly’s dress in the ballroom scene and of course, David Bowie is the man.
I remember watching the Muppets Take Manhattan over and over again. It was and still is one of my favorite movies. I’m a sucker for anything muppets, though!
Saved by the Bell brings me back many memories. I went to junior high school with an actor who was on the show and always had fun watching. I also loved Family Ties and was obsessed with the movies The Breakfast Club and Pretty in Pink!
I used to love Full House because people always said that Michelle was really played by twins. I had a twin sister so I remember loving watching “the baby twin show” before I was really old enough to even understand the plot.
I remember watching Dirty Dancing in Middle school and my best friend tried to dance like her.
I always looked forward to watching the bionic woman every week.
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I loved the movie dirty dancing. I think my mom wanted to kill me because of all the jeans I cut up above the knee and would roll up.
21 jumpstreet when Johnny Depp first started out. I was so in love with him and that was my favorite show.
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Family ties brings me back to my childhood.
I would watch He Man everyday. I remember that when it was over I would have to leave with my mom to pick up my sister from school.
I love watching Dirty Dancing on Netflix. It brings back memories of watching it as a child, and makes my heart happy.
The Smurfs reminds me…was a classic for me.
It would have to be chitty chitty bang bang. It brings back childhood memories.
I would have to go with Gilligan’s Island! It was a huge favorite of mine and brings back great memories.
I remember watching the banana splits after school. I would love to share the show with my son
i used to watch reruns of mash every day
Okay, well, interestingly, we did not have a television when I was a child. My parents did not think TV was a good influence.So I can remember teachers telling us to watch something on TV and I’d have to bring a note to school from my mom explaining that we did not believe in TV. That said, we would try to sneak to a neighbor’s house to watch The Monkees.
I used to watch looney tunes so much! This reminds me of my childhood.
I’ve noticed my kids watching Garfield which is a show that I watched all the time on TV growing up. It was one of my favorites and I’m surprised that my kids enjoy it just as much. My middle child has also been seen watching Power Rangers which my younger sisters watched a lot too. I never liked the show but my daughter will watch it every now and then.
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Dirty Dancing, we had the same hairstyle!
I remember watching MIami Vice on Friday nights while on the phone with my friend who was also watching. Tied up the phone this way for hours.
Transformers cartoon brings back a lot of memories as I remember watching this with my brothers growing up. Now my son and husband enjoy it!
Full house!!! I loved that show
I love watching the Midwife show. It reminds me of old english classics that was always on the telly growing up
I have never watched netflix but the movie I loved watching every year when it came on was the Wizard of oz and the show I remember watching were ths brady bunch, sid and marty croft shows were my favorite. I love watching The Flintstones and Scooby doo cartoons also.
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scooby doo, jetsons, flintstones, partridge family
definitely roger rabbit!
I used to love watching Little House on the Prairie. My best friend Robyn looked so much like the character, my sister used to call her Laura Ingalls 🙂
full house brings back memories. i remember thinking it was a good thing my parents were nothing like danny tanner. now a days i wish my husband were like him in the sense of being a neat freak/
I loved watching Different Strokes.
Jem and Family ties are my favorite shows. One is a cartoon and the other is a great family comedy.
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i always remember being a kid when i watch full house.
I remember watching fantasy island every Friday with my sisters, we loved those moments
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I remember the Facts Of Life, my sister and I adored that show!
My two favorite movies from childhood were Time Bandits and Darby O’Gill and the Little People. My favorite cartoon was Speed Racer.
I loved Who Framed Roger Rabbit too! It was so well made and different. RIP Bob Hoskins!
Actually I had 2 favorite shows..the first one was The Munsters when I was a kid and the second one was Dark Shadows which I must’ve been around 10 or 11 when I watched that one but both of them I never missed!
I would have to say that Roseanne is a classic and iconic show that brings back the memories; I used to watch it growing up, and our family was similar to theirs.
I loved watching the Nancy Drew & Hardy Boys show… always looked forward to it! I love being able to watch it again.
i remember watching “supermarket sweep” everyday with my mom.i miss that show.i would get so excited when it turned on
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I loved Saved by the Bell. I can even quote some of the lines from the show.