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This Woolworths Christmas Advert From 1981 Will Make You All Kinds Of Nostalgic (VIDEO)

WARNING: This 1981 Woolworths Christmas Ad Will Induce Nostalgia
The Huffington Post UK

Remember when festive TV adverts weren't all about gothic weirdness or emotional manipulation?

In short: remember when they were like this one above?

Just click play to be immediately transported back to a time of innocence, cassette tapes and The Goodies (and Anita Harris).

30 Great Things About Growing Up In The '80s
Smash Hits(01 of12)
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Black Type. The readers' polls. "Thumbs aloft" Macca. Yes, Smash Hits' heyday was the '80s - and there was no finer, funnier read for a pop-loving British kid. (credit:eBay)
Digital watches(02 of12)
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Which were usually made by Casio, and which sometimes doubled as calculators. Oh, yes. (credit:Getty Images)
Sun-In(03 of12)
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The best thing to happen to '80s hair along with the perm, Sun-In turned your barnet blonde (or more likely, orange) in an instant.
Arcade/computer games(04 of12)
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Pac-Man, Frogger, Donkey Kong, Pole Position... If you weren't playing them at home, you were playing them down the arcade. Pocket money was never spent so quickly. (credit:Getty Images)
PEZ sweet dispensers(05 of12)
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Dispensing little tiny fizzy sweets was never so much fun! (credit:Getty Images)
Slush Puppies(06 of12)
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The best way to get brain freeze as a child in the '80s.
The Sony Walkman(07 of12)
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Which enabled us to listen to Duran Duran everywhere. Hoorah! (credit:Getty Images)
Five Star(08 of12)
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"Britain's answer to The Jackson Five" weren't really that. But they were fine purveyors of kid-friendly bubblegum pop and shoulder pads.
BMX bikes(09 of12)
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What the Chopper was to the '70s, so the BMX was to the '80s. Especially after we all saw 'E.T.' (credit:Getty Images)
Trivial Pursuit(10 of12)
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At last! British families had another board game to play apart from Monopoly. And it really sorted out the smart people from the, erm, people who regularly got stuck on blue Geography questions, ie everyone. (credit:Getty Images)
The Royal Wedding/Princess Diana(11 of12)
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British girls now had a pretty princess to coo over, British boys now had a member of the royal family they could actually fancy, and British kids everywhere got a day off school. Hoorah! (credit:AP)
The Rubik's Cube(12 of12)
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There was only one question on kids' lips in the '80s. And that was: "Can you do it?" (credit:PA)

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