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1,000 Songs in Your Pocket
But Mom...EVERYBODY is getting an iPod for Christmas!
Tonight, we’re dialing the time machine to December 22nd, 2001. Christmas was just three days away, and we were praying that one of those boxes under the tree was an iPod 1G.
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December 22nd, 2001 📆
I mean, look at the girth of this thing.
Apple had just released this thing called an iPod on November 10th, so of course, we HAD to have it on our Christmas list. The iPod 1G had 5 GB (which could hold over 1,000 songs) and the first-ever movable scroll wheel.
They sold for $399. Check out the promotional video that blew all our minds. 👇
Take Me Back ⏮️
🎤 What we’re singing: “How You Remind Me” by Nickelback
🎥 What we’re watching: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, which was the top movie in theaters
🕹️ What we’re playing: The Silent Cartographer (by far the best mission) on Halo: Combat Evolved
👦 Who we’re following: The six best friends from Friends, which was the top TV show in 2001
🍽️ What we’re eating: Bagel Bites, probably in your friend’s basement
Just For Fun 🙃
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring had just been released in the U.S. (December 19th), birthing a whole new generation of geeks (myself included). This was part one of the LOTR trilogy, which would go on to be one of the highest-grossing movie trilogies of all time.
me and the boys after Boromir’s last stand
OOTD On This Day 🧢
JCPenney gave us endless options from their 2001 Christmas ad.
Happy Birthday 🎂
American singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor turned eight years old today, and was growing up in Nantucket, Massachusetts.
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