When I was a kid it was a red letter day when the Christmas "Wish Book" would arrive in the mail! My Mother would carefully look through the catalog for ideas and my brother and I would "dog ear" the pages with toys we wanted. I'd dream about having a particular doll or doll buggy and my older brother always wanted things like erector sets. Toys didn't cost an arm and a leg then, but I'm sure it was hard with Daddy's wages to buy extra.
We still get Christmas catalogs, although much smaller...more of a magazine type. I still love to look through them and dream. It's just that the dream costs more these days!
We were never much of a catalog ordering family, but I still feel sad about this!!! I was just thinking the other night I'd like to look through the Penney's catalog for some ideas!!! I guess I'd better hurry, huh?
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a little girl, getting the Sears Christmas catalogue was a pathway to dreams and wish lists.
ReplyDeleteThese signs of our times are not always easy, are they?
Laura
I remember spending hours with the Sears "Wish Book" and using a real pen to circle allllll the things i wished for!!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy...LindaMay
My favorite passtime was to play the 100$ game. 100$ was a fortune back then. If you had it what would you buy with it? Come to think of it, I still do that with my garden catalogs in January. Have a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteI remember getting them, but I haven't gotten one in a long time. Life is always changing.
ReplyDeleteThat must be a very interesting catalog book!
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