November 22, 2005

Christmas Lists

I picked up a tack catalog downstairs and noticed that somebody had used red ink to circle items in the catalog. I can't imagine who that would be :)

It reminded me of Christmas when I was a kid. The arrival of the Sears Wish Book was a blessed event. Especially since we were in Spain when I was in K-3 grades, the hardcore Santa years. I didn't have commercial television to clue me in on what was cool. I had no idea of the new toys until we got the Sears catalog.

My brothers and I each were assigned a pen color, and we circled the stuff we wanted. Since we were overseas most of the stuff probably got ordered right from that catalog.

My kids have Amazon wish lists. Delaney's is mostly books with titles like How to Win at Horse Shows and Championship Dressage. Breck's is video games and sci-fi books. It's just not the same.

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Red pen - catalogue and flyers. Common autumn occurance in our household :)

Posted by: Ron at November 22, 2005 08:52 PM

Yes, how I remember those days. My siblings and I gathered around the ol' Sears catalog with our markers. I think it was the only time we got along.

Since we are a t.v free home and home school, my "unsocialized" children have very short lists (PC games for the oldest and and magic accessories for my budding magician). The closest thing we get to gathering around the old catalog is browsing Amazon's Toy section.

Nicksmama

Posted by: nicksmama at November 23, 2005 06:02 AM

I picked one up at the post office - they had stacks of 'em there. I had to explain what it was to Emma.

Although I read that you can get the Wish Book on CD. That's just ... wrong. :)

Posted by: Andrea at November 23, 2005 01:49 PM

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