This time of year always makes me think of the Christmas catalog. I’m not talking about the season-specific sale circulars you still get in the mail, but rather the all-encompassing catalogs that used ...

Like the 1933 edition, the 2017 Wish Book includes toys, holiday decorations, housewares, tools, clothing, jewelry and appliances. This made us wonder, “How would the prices of similar items compare ...

The first Sears Christmas Book, in 1933, was a modest 87 pages. It offered fruitcakes and Mickey Mouse watches and live canaries. By 1968, the catalog had ballooned to 608 pages, and sold quilted ...

One of the best Christmas or Hanukkah presents that young baby boomers like me got even before the holidays did not cost our parents anything. This gift was as magical as many of the costly gifts that ...

It may have been in December of 1947. Then again, it could have been in December of 1954. December of 2001 may be when you last saw one. You may be old enough to remember seeing it in 1930 but I know ...

To those of us who fondly remember being a young child eagerly leafing through the newest edition of the Christmas wish books, I thought I would share some history and memories. Catalogs started ...

Columnist recalls the Sears Wish Book, handmade sock monkeys and the simple pleasures of Christmas before today’s ...

For kids who grew up in the 1970s, Christmas was a slower, more analog kind of magic. Holiday wish lists were built with ...

As I turned the calendar from September to October two weeks ago a thought came to me: “It’s time for the Christmas Wish Book to come in the mail!” My heart leaped with joy. And then my heart ...