For a few years in a row, my family decided they wanted to film us opening presents with our family. I found some old VHS tapes in a box from '95 to '97 that showed myself, my sister and my mom opening presents together and then shows where we would go to my grandparent's or aunt's house to open presents with our extended family.
The morning would start at my house and have about an hour of opening presents. The camera was shaky and the cat or dog always got in the way. You always heard the 'camera man's' voice talking from behind the lens. The camera would fade out and would reappear at someone else's house and zoom around the room to see who all was there. They would tape every person opening presents or any animals running around. There were even a few shots of the food tables included.
The camera changed hands often so there was always a different view of things. Even the kids took turns carrying it around and trying to film things. It made for very interesting tapes and was always fun to look back on.
I finally pulled out the ones I have and dusted them off to watch them again. I'm in the process now of converting them over to DVD so I can keep them longer. They are definitely something worth holding on to.
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