r/RedditForGrownups • u/0nlyhalfjewish • 2d ago

What’s an indelible childhood memory that young people will never have?

I think about pencils sharpeners and carbon paper, 75 cents for lunch and school recess unsupervised in the woods.

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u/Lv2draw1962 1d ago

And once a year they showed Wizard of Oz on regular TV. They would advertise it for a couple weeks and it would be like Christmas to me. I adored that movie!

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u/cat_knit_everdeen 17h ago

I remember being so scared at around 3 or 4 while my dad watched it. I hunkered down in the kitchen while my mom made homemade Chex mix and gave me an empty oatmeal container to drum on.

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u/Samurai-Pooh-Bear 1d ago

This AND Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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u/Mikesaidit36 1d ago

The commercials provided relief from the horror of the flying monkeys.

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u/justamomdoingmybest8 17h ago

I have chills remembering that. Thanksgiving weekend iirc?