Yes! Everything was simple. Holidays were special— time off school, gifts, great food - things you couldn’t get on the day to day. You hung out with friends. We lived in the country so we rode ponies, pretended we were the Calvary, built forts, walked to the general store for candy and looked forward to snow days & Summer vacation. The obsession with materialism and a fear that someone might steal your kids, has taken away the freedom and peace I had as a kid. I want that back BUT NOW for Real. The dangers were there but we didn’t think they would happen to us. Now we know. Times up on DS.