WOW! I remember as a little girl in the Holiday Season during the 70's Christmas music would be playing out on the loudspeakers as people would shop. No on was offended. And even if they were... too darn bad! A time of such joy and cheer! So many Christmas trees and decorations... the window displays were spectacular! And as a child, I would dream of Christmas... the North Pole...wanting to go to that faraway place. A wonderful time of seeing all the toys... for all of us who are 50 and older remember when alot of stores really didn't have alot of toys... outside of actual toy stores... but during the Christmas season... almost EVERY store had toys! I remember the catalogs and circling all the toys that I wanted for Christmas... Oh how I would give ANYTHING to go back just once more... to be able to be with my grandparents and great aunts and great uncles who have passed on.... Going to the malls as a child during the Holiday Season was also such a GREAT TREAT!!!!!! to be that little girl walking in between my parents as they both held my hands... my eyes were full of wonder and cheer... for soon Santa would be here! How I miss those days... those very precious days! ... and yes, that little girl in me still believes in Santa Claus!
What stays inside doesn’t easily fly away. I recall the older’s saying sadly, with a sigh, “they’re all gone.” Now it’s happened to me. Isn’t passing time a shame?
I think it is important to express grief and feel offended by things. I think acknowledging people‘s feelings is important. But I do agree with some of the comments about your Kmart experience I mean all your experiences are valid to you it’s just the ones I resonate with are the shelves stocked with toys. Older Kmart was definitely more organized and things could easily be found. They definitely had the shelves stocked with nice toys and Christmas things. I remember those things quite clearly. I also remember when our Kmart first opened in my locale back in 1981, Kmart looked more like a warehouse but everything was in its place like stocked nicely and it was entirely organized. Of course when Kmart started to decline around the turn of the century and I could be mistaken about that time frame, the shelves were kind of bare in some places like they didn’t keep up with it and other places it was just a mess. But there was always an abundance of merchandise you could choose from.
@@robertvillarreal4525 No Robert, not when you compare it (the passing of time) to eternity with Jesus Christ, whose birthday we celebrate during this beautiful time of year. Even if we live to be 100, it's a mere drop in the bucket compared to a glorious eternity with Jesus. But Jesus said we must be born again, otherwise, we cannot enter the Kingdom of God. The simplest definition of what born again means, comes from the Bible itself in Titus 3:5. To be born again, means to receive a brand new birth and a brand new life from God, and we receive this new birth and new life when we see ourselves as we really are: not as good people, but sinners in need of the Savior's forgiveness and mercy for our crimes (sins) committed against him: lying, stealing, blasphemy, making a god in our own image to suit ourselves. And that's just four out of the 10 Commandments we've broken. If we try to keep the Commandments, yet break even one of them, we're as guilty as if we'd broken all of them. And we have. All of us. The Commandments can't save anybody from hell. They only condemn us because they show us our sins before God, who is righteous, holy, and just. Good news, bad news. Bad news first. The 10 Commandments (and I took you through four of them earlier) are called the Moral Law of God. You and I broke that law, Jesus paid our fine, on the cross, in full when he bled and died for our sins. And not just our sins, but the sins of the whole world. The punishment God meant for us because of our sins, Jesus, the sinless Son of God (1 Peter 1:19), took upon himself instead. And Jesus shedding his blood on the cross for our sins, was a very important part of his sacrifice, because as the Bible states in the New Testament in Hebrews 9:22, that without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness for sins. It's also important to note that Jesus' death on the cross was voluntary (John 10:18). Nobody took his life from him, as though anybody could. He laid it down of his own accord and took it back up again three days later when he rose from the grave, victorious over death, defeating it forever. Now he lives forever to give eternal life to anyone who repents (turns away) from their sins, and puts their trust in him alone for the forgiveness of their sins. I wish for you a wonderful and very Merry Christmas, Robert, and a very Happy New Year. But most of all, I wish for you forgiveness, mercy, and eternal life in Jesus Christ. Repent and receive his free gift of eternal life today (Ephesians 2:8-9) while you still can, because after death, comes judgment (Hebrews 9:27) and then it's too late. After physical death, if you enter into eternity without Christ and without his forgiveness and mercy, there's only judgment and wrath. Please don't wait. I want to see you in heaven someday; not hell. You're my fellow human being and I care about you. My Christmas Gifts To You: 1. Unpopular the Movie" Free on TH-cam. The gospel in under 30 minutes. 2. good person test dot com A quiz that will challenge you to compare your standards of moral goodness with God's.
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For three years in the late 1980s and early 1990s, I worked for K-Mart, and each Christmas season, I got put on the overnight restocking crew. Our job was to restock the store and put it back in order for the following day. With the store empty of customers, it was fairly quiet, and the music was left running. It sounded very much like this - thin and echo-ey. It was especially welcome if you were working in an area alone. Not that I was overly fond of Christmas music, but it does remind me of those times and the great people I worked with, and the great company I worked FOR. Yes, this was back in the day, before K-Mart started going to rags. The pay was not spectacular, but back then they did at least show you respect and appreciation for your hard work. I miss those days. I miss being that young. I miss the people I worked with, and I miss the job security that I enjoyed back then.
Target restocks their shelves when they are closed, restocking shelves & inventorying when the store is closed is the best time to do it, very few distractions, can get a lot done in less time.
That was a nice story you shared, this music reminds me of shopping with my folks as a kid in 1974 through the Hollywood and Los Angeles area , greetings to you 2019
1974 was nice being young & working in a less technical world. Off the topic: I miss going to Church on Christmas with my parents & cute beautiful family.
Great winter video. Remember streets like that so quiet when it snowed. Many times I went to K Mart in the snow. Worked there 14 years. Very good memories..
Today ,Dec 18th 2017 ,only a few days before Xmas I'm listening to this and watching my Xmas lights and decor, drinking eggnog, remembering my Mom ,thinking how much she loved to see my home all fixed up for the holidays, miss her a lot.
I read your comment and cried. Same here. I miss my parents, my late brother in law and sister and my brother. My mum passed 3 weeks before Christmas. It took me a long time to get back in the spirit. My dad and sis both passed before Thanksgivings. Just crying as I write.
God wipe your tears. Christmas was so lovely with all the ones who made it beautiful. No one exactly knows the lost feeling. Wish all good people were eternal. Peace to you. & All.
I worked at the first Kmart in Garden City Michigan.It had a plaque on the time clock that said store #1. My employee # was 321. Most of the departments were leased and not owned by kmart. I worked in ladies wear which was a liscenced dept and I was paid in cash that was enclosed in a little brown envelope. I was 15 then so much of that money was spent in thr store on items I had tucked away for pay day. Happy times. Also we had a outdoor ice skating rink in Garden City Park that played this same music. Great happy memories!
Makes me sad that these days are over. Thank God we can keep them alive in our memories with beautiful music. Today's generation really is missing out on some great stuff. Thank you for this beautiful upload.
As I’m watching this I’m getting overwhelmed with emotions (sigh). My father worked and managed there for nearly 20 years until his store location closed in the early 2000s. My uncle worked there until his retirement (may he Rest In Peace, passed away on his bday last year; which was the same day he officially retired from Kmart). I remember the smells of the popcorn, shrimp platters, and sandwiches in the cafeteria there. I remember getting all my Christmas toys from there and so many other memories. Again, this made me emotional in a nostalgic way. Missing all the good people from that great era. Thank You for the upload!!
I remember our Kmart store in much the same way. My mom and I would go in, set a time to meet, and she would shop while I headed for the toy department. No one bothered me or tried to kidnap me. The workers recognized me, knowing I wasn't there to do anything but look. I was always taught, 'look, don't touch'. The only thing I touched was the Hot Wheels. Had to look through them... The smell of fresh popcorn, the sound of the Icee machine, and the ever present blue light special announcements...those were the days!
How sad your uncle didn’t get to enjoy his retirement. RIP Must’ve been exciting working at K-mart during the Christmas season. “Those days,” from these days are a mountain of a difference.
I’m so sorry about your loss and May he RIP. I Remember the delightful Kmart cafeteria because I used to go a lot with my mom and then when my daughter was little back in the early 90s when K Café was still K café before Caesars took it over, I bought her treats and lunches there while we shopped. I always liked the coffee believe it or not.
I feel like I'm looking through a window from the past seeing my loved ones happy. So young not a care in the world. Now all I see and feel are the tears rolling down. Thank you for the beautiful video
I spent the first 17 years of my working adult life working for Kmart. I began in 1972 so I was an assistant manager in a Kmart in Atlanta, Georgia the Christmas this music was playing over the PA system. It sure was a different time back then for the retail business and for people in general. Kmart was 'The Place" to shop back in those days. Sad what's become of it today. Thanks for the memories!
This is like a scene from a movie, where someone finds themselves transported to a different dimension, like at the end of "2001" except instead of being in a mysterious hotel room they're driving down a snowy lane in the country and in the middle of nowhere, a mysterious Kmart store. No people but the lights are on, echoey Christmas music in the background, it looks like it's beyond time and space, kind of like the Eternal Kmart Christmas Store.
Kind of like Star Trek TOS, where they were moving too fast to be seen. All you can see is the store, except that there is this Christmas music playing also...It does seem very echoey...
I was 14 in 1974 and this is spot on! This became the soundtrack to Christmas 2021 for me. I didn’t realize it then but it was embedding itself in my conscience . It’s 105 AM here 12/26/21 and I’m immersed one last time this holiday season.. I am seriously enchanted by this wonderful piece of art.
I appreciate the video that goes w/ the music. It's in slow mo, clean & pristine and no people to ruin my memories of Kmart. I'm sure Kmart was more disappointing in real life than I recall, but this insane world makes it seem like a slice of paradise.
I do not have the words for how great this is. My friend you have recaptured life in Massachusetts at Christmas through the 60s and 70s and done it so well that I feel like I'm ten years old again. This is just SO wonderful. TY
What finer times to have grown in. And Christmas time. Beyond description with this beautiful sweet sounds bringing it all back, even but for a few moments.
This is very nostalgic. It reminds me of a time not so long ago when things were a little simpler, a time when people actually liked spending time together enjoying each other's company, and when communicating was done face to face instead of through text and social media. All people do these days is constantly look at their phones. I guess that is what you call progress? I miss those very special days. Thank you for taking the time to post this!
Exactly....now everyone "shops" at home sitting on their butts...then everyone is sad that stores are closing down....nobody wants human contact anymore....so what if the stores are crowded?...that was part of the fun....everyone wants to text, not even talk live on the phone anymore...before you called and talked live....everyone staring at the stupid phones...its a sad state indeed.
DON'T Tell Anyone this Store Didn't Get the Word and is Still Open! MERRY CHRISTMAS & Thank You for Supporting Your Local KMART in Frosty Pines (a little Town Lost in Time)...
This takes me back to when Christmas had that special, almost magical feeling when you went shopping. Anymore, Christmas starts getting put out in late September at some of these stores and people are already tired of it by the time December 25th rolls around. And don't get me started on that whole "Christmas in July" nightmare. Music like this keeps that old spirit alive for me.
Now as we close out 2019, my local Kmart is closing and they are down to a handful of stores. I don't see how 2020 will not be the end of the line, r.i.p. Kmart. 😥😭💀
I went to Kmart once a year at Christmas time in Killeen Texas. It was like a pilgrimage and they always had the best Christmas decorations to purchase. It closed in 2017 and I still miss them to this day.
Has anyone noticed that some of the snowflakes seem to leave trails, kinda like meteors? Not knocking it! Just happened to notice it. Music reminds me of many years ago. Now, our Kmart's are gone, Sears is gone, Radio Shack's are gone, and our Toys R Us is gone. What comes next? Thank you for posting this! It brings back so many memories of better, simpler times.
I remember going to the shopping Malls and visiting K Mart with my Mom and I heard this type of music echoing in the background and I had no idea where it came from. I learned it came from from speakers above the ceilings. Now, as a resoult and after looking at abandened warehouse, I've learned to understand and create Dark Ambient music. Thank you the Ghost music of K Mart for giving me the chance to move forward. By the way, your Barbie Dolls were just perfect for my budget allowance.🌙
I'm that young kid you saw during the 70's in K Mart being taken shopping for clothes with his mom and grandma. We usually had something to eat in the cafeteria that was in one part of the store ( or in the nearby restaurant ) Those were the good old days, and you've captured them well, Mr. Nutz.
This is certainly haunting and echo-ey. It is said that Robert Zemeckis made Polar Express largely from his childhood memories, and there is certainly a segment of that film where the music is echo-ey like this. I have to wonder if Zemeckis, either consciously or sub-consciously, was recalling this unsual sounding K-mart music.
I love this it's so cozy and great I miss Kmart of the '70s. Great video well put together. It reminds me of the days in Canada walking to Kmart in the dark snowy streets and the snow coming down with the street lights, so quiet. It's haunting. This tears me up. I miss those days.. and my family. Till we all meet again.. Thank you Mr Nutz🇺🇲🇨🇦
I hear a hint of 'The Shining' in the music; the hall or auditorium and reverb give it this unique sound reminiscent of the scene in the Shining where Jack is talking to the bartender in the grand ballroom.
There is an eerily David Lynch quality to the beginning. Your added reverb and the overall lofi yet lush quality of the music is a dreamlike nostalgic ride. Thank you for creating this.
With every Christmas that passes, I lose happiness in greater increments. The people I used to know, love, and celebrate. The things I found joy in My mother, and father asking about my day at school.... These things- no longer exist and serve as distant dreamlike memories that come back to haunt me. Where are we? Covid has shown us how much we took for granted the simplicity of living life with human interaction.
Christmas.. 1976 six million dollar man, and AFX race track on that glorious day! This.. this what you've done is classy, beautiful, I can hardly find the words.. thank you.
I remember my mom giving me $10.00 to get gifts for our entire family at Kmart one year. I remember being so excited and inspecting each item - I did it, I found gifts for everyone. Sadly, it just doesn't feel the same anymore....:(
This makes me realize that these are all memories that I don't have. My dysfunctional horrible parents weren't even remotely adequate to be parents. But I enjoy coming here to listen and imagine. And I weirdly enjoy others' comments about what Christmas SHOULD have been.
Been coming back to this for the last few years in December. What a great atmosphere ! Can we expect part 3 in 2025?? Please and Merry Christmas from Canada! And I almost forgot "Good morning Kmart shoppers" :)
I am listening on May 14, 2020. Remembering how we celebrated Christmas last year, not knowing Covid 19 would soon keep us all apart :( Then my Dad passed on February 27. I hope we can get together next Christmas. I'm nearly 54 and remembering my childhood Christmasses. I was 7 in 1974, it was so magical then. trying not to forget that.
Sorry about the burned down but it's nostalgic definitely has a super vintage sound can picture the motion of everything that it took and all it put in place something like that
thank you so much for posting this 😄! years ago, I had a reel to reel player, and had obtained muzak, that had been played in Howard Johnson's Restaurants....... now there's a blast from the past !🤗 Merry Christmas🎅 🎄 and a very Happy New Year🎊 🎉🍾! thank you for adding to my enjoyment of the holiday season 😊
OMG! I remember Howard Johnsons, Stuckeys, Denny's, Shonies Big Boy's, and a few others that you can't seem to find anymore. Most of them are long gone, or at least gone from where I live.
Love this! My Kmart is closing very soon. I will miss it so much and the memories of years past with my Mom. It was just as tough losing Montgomery Wards.
I worked at Kmart for YEARS. I originally worked at a Super Kmart Center then got transferred over to a Big Kmart. I would listen to music like this from November, December, and a few days into January. It didn't bother me until I'd been there for my 6th Christmas season. I started to get tired of the same songs all the time and I could tell some of the customers wouldn't enjoy it as well. At about 13 years working there, They changed the jazzy classic music to Mariah Carey, Frank Sinatra, and just Christmas songs with words instead of tunes. I personally liked the jazzy music better then when they suddenly changed the theme that year. It didn't feel as much like a classic Kmart Christmas that year. The next year they went back, and I felt all Christmassy again! Then within a few years the location I was at closed and I went to another Big Kmart. It closed 2 years after and there was one more, so I worked there. They closed in 2018 and now I work at Sam's Club. Retail has been my entire life.
This music makes me want to go back in time......when things were different, when people were different.....before Facebook and Istagram....before political correctness. I find myself becoming more and more nostalgic.
When I look at that photo of the K Mart it reminds me of the one we had here in SAN JOSE CALIFORNIA on JACKSON and McKee road ,but of course minus the snow 😁
Mr Nutz depends where you live elevation wise it we live in the Santa Clara Valley it’s rare but up Mount Hamilton you if it gets cold it will happy holidays to you and your family come to California it was about 60 degrees today
Kmart, Grants,Woolworth,Woolco ,Alexander's JM feilds,Giltext, H&M green stamps, A&P, S.S.kresski,Topps, Bradley's, Caldors,Kings, Singer sewing center Morrison, Thom Mcann,Buster brown,Gimbles,Pathmark, Railroad Salvage,Grandway and Grand union etc They'll never come again so sad the music that says goodbye 😔
Your RONG! The cars in the video are too new for the time era. Kmart went bankrupt in like the early 2000s. And by 2002 all Kmarts everywhere were GONE!
This video is a haunting look into the past...so eerie almost like a different dimension...I’m dreamin of a simple time and try to get in but can’t seem to get passed the parking lot even though there are cars are present it’s abandoned but I’m convinced it’s open because of all the lights...
I’m just glad I saw the variety of the stores I’m 67 in lower Michigan . Hudson’s J.C. Penney Cunningham’s Woolworths WT Grant the little burger places . Michigan then and now sure got hosed . All the car plants ,
WOW! I remember as a little girl in the Holiday Season during the 70's Christmas music would be playing out on the loudspeakers as people would shop. No on was offended. And even if they were... too darn bad! A time of such joy and cheer! So many Christmas trees and decorations... the window displays were spectacular! And as a child, I would dream of Christmas... the North Pole...wanting to go to that faraway place. A wonderful time of seeing all the toys... for all of us who are 50 and older remember when alot of stores really didn't have alot of toys... outside of actual toy stores... but during the Christmas season... almost EVERY store had toys! I remember the catalogs and circling all the toys that I wanted for Christmas... Oh how I would give ANYTHING to go back just once more... to be able to be with my grandparents and great aunts and great uncles who have passed on.... Going to the malls as a child during the Holiday Season was also such a GREAT TREAT!!!!!! to be that little girl walking in between my parents as they both held my hands... my eyes were full of wonder and cheer... for soon Santa would be here! How I miss those days... those very precious days! ... and yes, that little girl in me still believes in Santa Claus!
AMEN! To ALL of the above! I was the little boy version. I'm now 55 and yes, I still believe.
What stays inside doesn’t easily fly away.
I recall the older’s saying sadly, with a sigh, “they’re all gone.”
Now it’s happened to me.
Isn’t passing time a shame?
I think it is important to express grief and feel offended by things. I think acknowledging people‘s feelings is important. But I do agree with some of the comments about your Kmart experience I mean all your experiences are valid to you it’s just the ones I resonate with are the shelves stocked with toys. Older Kmart was definitely more organized and things could easily be found. They definitely had the shelves stocked with nice toys and Christmas things. I remember those things quite clearly. I also remember when our Kmart first opened in my locale back in 1981, Kmart looked more like a warehouse but everything was in its place like stocked nicely and it was entirely organized. Of course when Kmart started to decline around the turn of the century and I could be mistaken about that time frame, the shelves were kind of bare in some places like they didn’t keep up with it and other places it was just a mess. But there was always an abundance of merchandise you could choose from.
@@robertvillarreal4525
No Robert, not when you compare it (the passing of time) to eternity with Jesus Christ, whose birthday we celebrate during this beautiful time of year. Even if we live to be 100, it's a mere drop in the bucket compared to a glorious eternity with Jesus. But Jesus said we must be born again, otherwise, we cannot enter the Kingdom of God. The simplest definition of what born again means, comes from the Bible itself in Titus 3:5. To be born again, means to receive a brand new birth and a brand new life from God, and we receive this new birth and new life when we see ourselves as we really are: not as good people, but sinners in need of the Savior's forgiveness and mercy for our crimes (sins) committed against him: lying, stealing, blasphemy, making a god in our own image to suit ourselves. And that's just four out of the 10 Commandments we've broken. If we try to keep the Commandments, yet break even one of them, we're as guilty as if we'd broken all of them. And we have. All of us. The Commandments can't save anybody from hell. They only condemn us because they show us our sins before God, who is righteous, holy, and just.
Good news, bad news. Bad news first. The 10 Commandments (and I took you through four of them earlier) are called the Moral Law of God. You and I broke that law, Jesus paid our fine, on the cross, in full when he bled and died for our sins. And not just our sins, but the sins of the whole world. The punishment God meant for us because of our sins, Jesus, the sinless Son of God (1 Peter 1:19), took upon himself instead. And Jesus shedding his blood on the cross for our sins, was a very important part of his sacrifice, because as the Bible states in the New Testament in Hebrews 9:22, that without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness for sins. It's also important to note that Jesus' death on the cross was voluntary (John 10:18). Nobody took his life from him, as though anybody could. He laid it down of his own accord and took it back up again three days later when he rose from the grave, victorious over death, defeating it forever. Now he lives forever to give eternal life to anyone who repents (turns away) from their sins, and puts their trust in him alone for the forgiveness of their sins.
I wish for you a wonderful and very Merry Christmas, Robert, and a very Happy New Year. But most of all, I wish for you forgiveness, mercy, and eternal life in Jesus Christ. Repent and receive his free gift of eternal life today (Ephesians 2:8-9) while you still can, because after death, comes judgment (Hebrews 9:27) and then it's too late. After physical death, if you enter into eternity without Christ and without his forgiveness and mercy, there's only judgment and wrath. Please don't wait. I want to see you in heaven someday; not hell. You're my fellow human being and I care about you.
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For three years in the late 1980s and early 1990s, I worked for K-Mart, and each Christmas season, I got put on the overnight restocking crew. Our job was to restock the store and put it back in order for the following day. With the store empty of customers, it was fairly quiet, and the music was left running. It sounded very much like this - thin and echo-ey. It was especially welcome if you were working in an area alone.
Not that I was overly fond of Christmas music, but it does remind me of those times and the great people I worked with, and the great company I worked FOR. Yes, this was back in the day, before K-Mart started going to rags. The pay was not spectacular, but back then they did at least show you respect and appreciation for your hard work.
I miss those days. I miss being that young. I miss the people I worked with, and I miss the job security that I enjoyed back then.
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Target restocks their shelves when they are closed, restocking shelves & inventorying when the store is closed is the best time to do it, very few distractions, can get a lot done in less time.
That was a nice story you shared, this music reminds me of shopping with my folks as a kid in 1974 through the Hollywood and Los Angeles area , greetings to you 2019
MR COMENTTOE S Cohen
Sure L. A. was a bit nicer then.
1974 was nice being young & working in a less technical world. Off the topic: I miss going to Church on Christmas with my parents & cute beautiful family.
Great winter video. Remember streets like that so quiet when it snowed. Many times I went to K Mart in the snow. Worked there 14 years. Very good memories..
Love the empty building echo sound
Today ,Dec 18th 2017 ,only a few days before Xmas I'm listening to this and watching my Xmas lights and decor, drinking eggnog, remembering my Mom ,thinking how much she loved to see my home all fixed up for the holidays, miss her a lot.
Please help she’s still can see it brotha happy holidays to you and your family
I read your comment and cried. Same here. I miss my parents, my late brother in law and sister and my brother. My mum passed 3 weeks before Christmas. It took me a long time to get back in the spirit. My dad and sis both passed before Thanksgivings. Just crying as I write.
God wipe your tears. Christmas was so lovely with all the ones who made it beautiful. No one exactly knows the lost feeling.
Wish all good people were eternal.
Peace to you. & All.
James Smith
Never.
“Unconditional.”
Only God knows.
😪🙏☝️
What do you mean by never?
I worked at the first Kmart in Garden City Michigan.It had a plaque on the time clock that said store #1. My employee # was 321. Most of the departments were leased and not owned by kmart. I worked in ladies wear which was a liscenced dept and I was paid in cash that was enclosed in a little brown envelope. I was 15 then so much of that money was spent in thr store on items I had tucked away for pay day. Happy times. Also we had a outdoor ice skating rink in Garden City Park that played this same music. Great happy memories!
Makes me sad that these days are over. Thank God we can keep them alive in our memories with beautiful music. Today's generation really is missing out on some great stuff. Thank you for this beautiful upload.
Thanks for posting this...stirs up nostalgia for the old days. But, the reverb kind of says, "Welcome to the Overlook Hotel, Mr. Torrance."
Walmart doesnt play music..sad
As I’m watching this I’m getting overwhelmed with emotions (sigh). My father worked and managed
there for nearly 20 years until his store location closed in the early 2000s. My uncle worked there until his retirement (may he Rest In Peace, passed away on his bday last year; which was the same day he officially retired from Kmart). I remember the smells of the popcorn, shrimp platters, and sandwiches in the cafeteria there. I remember getting all my Christmas toys from there and so many other memories. Again, this made me emotional in a nostalgic way. Missing all the good people from that great era. Thank You for the upload!!
It was a good old piece of America glad you got to experience it and so did I seasons greetings to you
I remember our Kmart store in much the same way. My mom and I would go in, set a time to meet, and she would shop while I headed for the toy department. No one bothered me or tried to kidnap me. The workers recognized me, knowing I wasn't there to do anything but look. I was always taught, 'look, don't touch'. The only thing I touched was the Hot Wheels. Had to look through them... The smell of fresh popcorn, the sound of the Icee machine, and the ever present blue light special announcements...those were the days!
How sad your uncle didn’t get to enjoy his retirement. RIP
Must’ve been exciting working at
K-mart during the Christmas season.
“Those days,” from these days are a mountain of a difference.
@@robertvillarreal4525 Love the kindness....thanks!
I’m so sorry about your loss and May he RIP. I Remember the delightful Kmart cafeteria because I used to go a lot with my mom and then when my daughter was little back in the early 90s when K Café was still K café before Caesars took it over, I bought her treats and lunches there while we shopped. I always liked the coffee believe it or not.
"You two hurry up and shovel the driveway, so we can watch the Christmas specials!"
this makes me so sad ....always shopped when my 3 were little ones. Miss those days.
The echo made it like in a dream state
I feel like I'm looking through a window from the past seeing my loved ones happy. So young not a care in the world. Now all I see and feel are the tears rolling down. Thank you for the beautiful video
I spent the first 17 years of my working adult life working for Kmart. I began in 1972 so I was an assistant manager in a Kmart in Atlanta, Georgia the Christmas this music was playing over the PA system. It sure was a different time back then for the retail business and for people in general. Kmart was 'The Place" to shop back in those days. Sad what's become of it today. Thanks for the memories!
This is like a scene from a movie, where someone finds themselves transported to a different dimension, like at the end of "2001" except instead of being in a mysterious hotel room they're driving down a snowy lane in the country and in the middle of nowhere, a mysterious Kmart store. No people but the lights are on, echoey Christmas music in the background, it looks like it's beyond time and space, kind of like the Eternal Kmart Christmas Store.
Kind of like Star Trek TOS, where they were moving too fast to be seen. All you can see is the store, except that there is this Christmas music playing also...It does seem very echoey...
Perfect comment!
I was 14 in 1974 and this is spot on! This became the soundtrack to Christmas 2021 for me. I didn’t realize it then but it was embedding itself in my conscience . It’s 105 AM here 12/26/21 and I’m immersed one last time this holiday season.. I am seriously enchanted by this wonderful piece of art.
Iam happy you enjoyed
I was searching it for last week. For some reason I wasn't able to find it.. its back on and please keep it on. Thank you Mr .Nutz .
I appreciate the video that goes w/ the music. It's in slow mo, clean & pristine and no people to ruin my memories of Kmart. I'm sure Kmart was more disappointing in real life than I recall, but this insane world makes it seem like a slice of paradise.
I do not have the words for how great this is. My friend you have recaptured life in Massachusetts at Christmas through the 60s and 70s and done it so well that I feel like I'm ten years old again. This is just SO wonderful. TY
Born in the fifties and it means the world to me
What finer times to have grown in. And Christmas time. Beyond description with this beautiful sweet sounds bringing it all back, even but for a few moments.
I remember our K Mart in Clinton Md. It was a great store and is a part of my childhood in the Early 1970's
This is very nostalgic. It reminds me of a time not so long ago when things were a little simpler, a time when people actually liked spending time together enjoying each other's company, and when communicating was done face to face instead of through text and social media. All people do these days is constantly look at their phones. I guess that is what you call progress? I miss those very special days. Thank you for taking the time to post this!
Exactly....now everyone "shops" at home sitting on their butts...then everyone is sad that stores are closing down....nobody wants human contact anymore....so what if the stores are crowded?...that was part of the fun....everyone wants to text, not even talk live on the phone anymore...before you called and talked live....everyone staring at the stupid phones...its a sad state indeed.
ok boomer
DON'T Tell Anyone this Store Didn't Get the Word and is Still Open! MERRY CHRISTMAS & Thank You for Supporting Your Local KMART in Frosty Pines (a little Town Lost in Time)...
or in Willoughby. from that old Twighlight Zone episode.
I fell asleep to this last night...felt so good...im in the mood for Christmas already!🎄
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This takes me back to when Christmas had that special, almost magical feeling when you went shopping. Anymore, Christmas starts getting put out in late September at some of these stores and people are already tired of it by the time December 25th rolls around. And don't get me started on that whole "Christmas in July" nightmare. Music like this keeps that old spirit alive for me.
I am burning this and part one to a CD and listening to it at Christmas
Love that drive-in liquor store! 🥃🎅🏻🎄
Does anyone remember Zayre's? The Kmart was further away so we went there instead.
Shopped at Zayre, corner of Eastway & The Plaza in Charlotte, NC with Mom...late 70's, early 80's.
citekare I remember Zayres
ARE YOU KIDDING!!?? YES!!!! A zayre's catalog was the next best thing to k Mart!!! 🤗 Loved Zayre's!!! Thank you for asking!
Yes! I remember…❤
Now as we close out 2019, my local Kmart is closing and they are down to a handful of stores. I don't see how 2020 will not be the end of the line, r.i.p. Kmart. 😥😭💀
I went to Kmart once a year at Christmas time in Killeen Texas. It was like a pilgrimage and they always had the best Christmas decorations to purchase. It closed in 2017 and I still miss them to this day.
Has anyone noticed that some of the snowflakes seem to leave trails, kinda like meteors? Not knocking it! Just happened to notice it. Music reminds me of many years ago. Now, our Kmart's are gone, Sears is gone, Radio Shack's are gone, and our Toys R Us is gone. What comes next? Thank you for posting this! It brings back so many memories of better, simpler times.
I remember going to the shopping Malls and visiting K Mart with my Mom and I heard this type of music echoing in the background and I had no idea where it came from. I learned it came from from speakers above the ceilings. Now, as a resoult and after looking at abandened warehouse, I've learned to understand and create Dark Ambient music. Thank you the Ghost music of K Mart for giving me the chance to move forward. By the way, your Barbie Dolls were just perfect for my budget allowance.🌙
I'm that young kid you saw during the 70's in K Mart being taken shopping for clothes with his mom and grandma. We usually had something to eat in the cafeteria that was in one part of the store ( or in the nearby restaurant ) Those were the good old days, and you've captured them well, Mr. Nutz.
This animation is gorgeous!!! The music is haunting….Kmart in heaven…….❤. Thank you so much!!
This is certainly haunting and echo-ey. It is said that Robert Zemeckis made Polar Express largely from his childhood memories, and there is certainly a segment of that film where the music is echo-ey like this. I have to wonder if Zemeckis, either consciously or sub-consciously, was recalling this unsual sounding K-mart music.
I love this it's so cozy and great I miss Kmart of the '70s. Great video well put together. It reminds me of the days in Canada walking to Kmart in the dark snowy streets and the snow coming down with the street lights, so quiet. It's haunting. This tears me up. I miss those days.. and my family. Till we all meet again.. Thank you Mr Nutz🇺🇲🇨🇦
I hear a hint of 'The Shining' in the music; the hall or auditorium and reverb give it this unique sound reminiscent of the scene in the Shining where Jack is talking to the bartender in the grand ballroom.
This video is very relaxing to watch and the music is almost haunting. Miss the days of going Christmas shopping there as a kid with my parents 😢
I miss my childhood everything was fun
haunting yet beautiful :)
The last of Christmas in a now empty store just before the power is turned off and another chapter gone into the pages of a time in history.
Beautiful. A haunting, surreal experience. Thanks so much for posting this.
These motion graphics are beautiful.
There is an eerily David Lynch quality to the beginning. Your added reverb and the overall lofi yet lush quality of the music is a dreamlike nostalgic ride. Thank you for creating this.
With every Christmas that passes, I lose happiness in greater increments.
The people I used to know, love, and celebrate.
The things I found joy in
My mother, and father asking about my day at school....
These things- no longer exist and serve as distant dreamlike memories that come back to haunt me.
Where are we? Covid has shown us how much we took for granted the simplicity of living life with human interaction.
brings back a lot of memories. Thanks for sharing~
Christmas.. 1976 six million dollar man, and AFX race track on that glorious day! This.. this what you've done is classy, beautiful, I can hardly find the words.. thank you.
I remember my mom giving me $10.00 to get gifts for our entire family at Kmart one year. I remember being so excited and inspecting each item - I did it, I found gifts for everyone. Sadly, it just doesn't feel the same anymore....:(
yeah sadly now everything works using internet(amazon, ebay....) and noone moves to malls anymore
@@MrNutz001 if possible how many kmarts are still around south fla has only couple left
Thank You for sharing this. ❤ This was my First Christmas. 1974. ❤❤❤
Mine too! Born Just a couple weeks before Christmas!
This makes me realize that these are all memories that I don't have. My dysfunctional horrible parents weren't even remotely adequate to be parents. But I enjoy coming here to listen and imagine. And I weirdly enjoy others' comments about what Christmas SHOULD have been.
It's never too late, maybe you can create your own memories
Love me some old school Kmart and their in-store cafeteria they had back in the day.
Been coming back to this for the last few years in December. What a great atmosphere ! Can we expect part 3 in 2025?? Please and Merry Christmas from Canada! And I almost forgot "Good morning Kmart shoppers" :)
Well, making new musics is fast, but create a 3d environment takes some times. ill do it maybe next year.
I always loved Kmart & especially around Christmas time , I really miss our Kmart , thanks for uploading this Christmas music my friend !!! 👍😘🤧🎄🎅🎁
Awesome visuals too!
I am listening on May 14, 2020. Remembering how we celebrated Christmas last year, not knowing Covid 19 would soon keep us all apart :( Then my Dad passed on February 27. I hope we can get together next Christmas. I'm nearly 54 and remembering my childhood Christmasses. I was 7 in 1974, it was so magical then. trying not to forget that.
This is very cool and a little creepy too. Mostly because our K Mart burned down last year. Lot's of memories.
Sorry about the burned down but it's nostalgic definitely has a super vintage sound can picture the motion of everything that it took and all it put in place something like that
thank you so much for posting this 😄! years ago, I had a reel to reel player, and had obtained muzak, that had been played in Howard Johnson's Restaurants....... now there's a blast from the past !🤗 Merry Christmas🎅 🎄 and a very Happy New Year🎊 🎉🍾! thank you for adding to my enjoyment of the holiday season 😊
OMG! I remember Howard Johnsons, Stuckeys, Denny's, Shonies Big Boy's, and a few others that you can't seem to find anymore. Most of them are long gone, or at least gone from where I live.
Your animation on these is really nice!
Hauntingly beautiful
Love this! My Kmart is closing very soon. I will miss it so much and the memories of years past with my Mom. It was just as tough losing Montgomery Wards.
Wards is gone too😩we seem to have to ho yo the red and blue stores now
Target, and Walmart
This is awesome. A Very Mallsoft Christmas. Lovin' it.
I remember working with my ex gf back then I'm the 90s. We use to walk to work it gave us time to hang out and talk. Those where fun days.
Awesome! We need a 2018 Kmart Christmas video!
Great music 🎶. Gives you a warm yet ethereal feeling. Part of me expected to see something jump out at me. Happy holidays!!!
I finally found it after so long of searching
This sounds like the ghost of Kmarts passed.
1:00 beautiful
Música hermosa 😊😊😊
This is so beautiful! Sounds just like the store
Great job, thank you for posting.
When you walked I into Kmart if you could ignore the hot fresh caramel corn your a better person than me miss those days
I worked at Kmart for YEARS. I originally worked at a Super Kmart Center then got transferred over to a Big Kmart. I would listen to music like this from November, December, and a few days into January. It didn't bother me until I'd been there for my 6th Christmas season. I started to get tired of the same songs all the time and I could tell some of the customers wouldn't enjoy it as well. At about 13 years working there, They changed the jazzy classic music to Mariah Carey, Frank Sinatra, and just Christmas songs with words instead of tunes. I personally liked the jazzy music better then when they suddenly changed the theme that year. It didn't feel as much like a classic Kmart Christmas that year. The next year they went back, and I felt all Christmassy again! Then within a few years the location I was at closed and I went to another Big Kmart. It closed 2 years after and there was one more, so I worked there. They closed in 2018 and now I work at Sam's Club. Retail has been my entire life.
i tryied to be authentic on the feeling of reverb past disolving in the memory ♥
@@MrNutz001 It ain't dissolving it's there forever. When you work at Kmart for over 20 years, there's no way it could fade.
@@tanishav.6066 Thank you for your years of service at a once great family store that provided me with so many good memories.
God old fashioned Christmas music at its best.
Thx
The muzak..but I dont remember it being this loud.
I remember how people complained..now, i wish target and Walmart would play it
Gorgeous dude... Just discovering these now and I’m blown away!
What a fantantic piece of art you have created. Thanks so much.
This music makes me want to go back in time......when things were different, when people were different.....before Facebook and Istagram....before political correctness. I find myself becoming more and more nostalgic.
I know what you feel
definitely playing your muzak this x-mas
And every Christmas
When I look at that photo of the K Mart it reminds me of the one we had here in SAN JOSE CALIFORNIA on JACKSON and McKee road ,but of course minus the snow 😁
you never have snow in california?
Mr Nutz depends where you live elevation wise it we live in the Santa Clara Valley it’s rare but up Mount Hamilton you if it gets cold it will happy holidays to you and your family come to California it was about 60 degrees today
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The reverb did the trick..perfect music
That's Hauntology at it's finest
😥 so sad, how things have changed for the worse. WE HAVE DEVOLVED. Hold on to your souls... thanks for the tie to when people were human.
This is nothing short of fantastic. Thank you for letting everyone see this.
loved watching..
March 26th, ..I just can't shake this Christmas spirit.
God Bless everyone!
Peace and love to all!
))♡((
I thought I was the only one
Goodness how I miss being a kid at the holidays. I'm listening to Christmas music in June.
Kmart, Grants,Woolworth,Woolco ,Alexander's JM feilds,Giltext, H&M green stamps, A&P, S.S.kresski,Topps, Bradley's, Caldors,Kings, Singer sewing center
Morrison, Thom Mcann,Buster brown,Gimbles,Pathmark, Railroad Salvage,Grandway and Grand union etc
They'll never come again so sad the music that says goodbye 😔
Lets hope the future will be that good
To my surprise, when I was going to the gym the other day, I stumbled upon a K-Mart that's still open!
2200 Harbor Blvd
Costa Mesa, California 92627
He looks cool, especially with all those palm trees
Your RONG!
The cars in the video are too new for the time era. Kmart went bankrupt in like the early 2000s. And by 2002 all Kmarts everywhere were GONE!
I've been playing this in August during my work from home days. I find it very relaxing
It was meant to be relaxing, but idk why some people found this creepy :/
@@MrNutz001 I found the animation and music really cool - did you do the animation?
On a scale of 1 to10 (10 being most difficult) how hard was this to create in unreal engine 4?
@@williammccabe5420 3 for me, but 5 for someone who never used that software.
I love this so much!! Dreamy!!
This video is a haunting look into the past...so eerie almost like a different dimension...I’m dreamin of a simple time and try to get in but can’t seem to get passed the parking lot even though there are cars are present it’s abandoned but I’m convinced it’s open because of all the lights...
Beautiful.
Me too. I remember going with husband shopping for Christmas 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
Thanks for this!
Thinking about how happy the. Store made me feel and how sad it felt knowing I would get nothing still @the. Age of 60something feeling the same sad
I’m just glad I saw the variety of the stores I’m 67 in lower Michigan . Hudson’s J.C. Penney Cunningham’s Woolworths WT Grant the little burger places . Michigan then and now sure got hosed . All the car plants ,
Absolutely reminded of The Caretaker, beautiful!
I would play this game!
Thank you very much for this link! :-) This is wonderful music!
I really like this, thanks.
Who remember those Christmas catalog from Sears that came in the mailbox? As a kid I love circling what I wanted in that Christmas wish book.
It sounds like music at an empty mall
This is the deal :)
It reminds me of an airport or a large passenger train terminal.
Cool 3D animation! Looks like one is traveling in one of the more snowy regions at night.
I doubt anyone would have the mercedes out in that weather
Attention, k Mart shoppers, we got a blue light sale at hand
I LOVE THIS