actually they played outdoors instead of whatching what really is flashing lights.....they played all the normal outside games kids play today (well, some of them)
We also had radio back in the olden days , and phonographs. We had parties , communal pot-luck suppers, board games , card games and BOOKS !
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The radio was a much bigger deal than it is now. I can remember old episodes of the 1970's TV series "The Waltons", which was about a large family living though the depression. The entire family would gather around the radio for both news and entertainment. I believe that before TV, they actually had weekly "shows", like soap operas, on the radio and people would tune in on a regular basis.
listened to the radio or did something productive insted of sitting in front of the tv and gorging yourself with food. back then people worked