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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When I was a kid, the Sears Wish Book would arrive in the mail about three months before Christmas. My brother and I would study it for hours, dog-earing most of the pages in the toy section, circling ...

For my generation, it was the golden ticket to all things possible. It was a bountiful of dreams and hopes – it gave me and kids around my age the permission to believe the impossible was possible. It ...