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Didn't we all love the Sears wishbook when we were kids?

Didn't we all love the Sears wishbook when we were kids? I know I spent hours carefully considering what to ask Santa to bring, did you?
https://www.ydr.com/picture-gallery/news/2018/12/03/sears-wishbook-catalogs-pages-nostalgic-toys-past-holiday-christmas/2147966002/
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  1. Margaret Siemers (Siemers Rafter Room)December 23, 2018 at 8:51 PM

    click on the picture to see the full page and more of this catalogue.

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  2. Oshi ShikigamiDecember 24, 2018 at 3:11 AM

    They were perfect to identify desired Christmas gifts in! You got a solid ID, a price, and a location.You could even include a page number...

    Unfortunately, regardless of the thoroughness of research, for the precise item desired, at least my parents would still get it wrong, somehow. LOL They had their hearts in the right place, but must have been dyslexic? ;-)

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  3. KuSeRaDecember 24, 2018 at 3:45 AM

    Merry Christmas 🎄🎅

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  4. Roma ArellanoDecember 24, 2018 at 6:27 AM

    I still get some people of a certain generation calling me for a catalog I loved the old Wish books

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  5. Margaret Siemers (Siemers Rafter Room)December 24, 2018 at 11:14 AM

    Oshi Shikigami Did any of our parents get it right? lol, I don't know if it was the money they had or the money they saved but at least my parents would get things that were "look alikes" and easily discernible as "not as pictured" to us kids. Did they have knockoffs back then? I would think they did, even as far back as the stone age.

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  6. Margaret Siemers (Siemers Rafter Room)December 24, 2018 at 11:15 AM

    KuSeRa Merry Christmas to you also. I hope you are enjoying the holidays. : )

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  7. Margaret Siemers (Siemers Rafter Room)December 24, 2018 at 11:18 AM

    Roma Arellano Humm, I hope it isn't for using in the outhouse like they once did with the Sears Catalogues. (oh, that doesn't sound nice toward your beautiful things, please don't take that the wrong way.)

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  8. Oshi ShikigamiDecember 24, 2018 at 12:30 PM

    Yup! Looking vaguely like was always acceptable! LOL;-)

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  9. Margaret Siemers (Siemers Rafter Room)December 24, 2018 at 2:47 PM

    Oshi Shikigami You know it! : ) And a Merry Christmas to you my sweet friend.

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  10. Ann KennedyDecember 26, 2018 at 6:34 AM

    I still love looking through old catalogs, but we used to wait for the Christmas ones! I mostly wanted white boots with tassels that the pom pom girls wore, or a cowgirl outfit with a fringed vest. Thanks for the wonderful memories!

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  11. INDIA STREET ANTIQUES / DANISH MODERN SAN DIEGODecember 26, 2018 at 4:08 PM

    I've resold one of those toy registers, lol. Good stuff!

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  12. Margaret Siemers (Siemers Rafter Room)December 26, 2018 at 4:39 PM

    Ann Kennedy Weren't those cowgirl outfits the best?! I hope you got to have one, I never did. In fact when I had stated once that I wanted one my slightly older brother piped up that I should "go out in the barn and stand next to one of the cows and say moo, you'll be a real cow girl then!" We were not amused. ; )

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  13. Margaret Siemers (Siemers Rafter Room)December 26, 2018 at 4:43 PM

    INDIA STREET ANTIQUES / DANISH MODERN SAN DIEGO Now that I did get one Christmas. I loved it and it lent many happy ours playing "store" with mom's canned goods. Mine wasn't red however, it was the same metal color as the drawer in the picture. Now that I think about it, I wonder if it wasn't one of those "just as good as" items that Oshi Shikigami and I were talking about above? Doesn't matter, it was fun.

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  14. KuSeRaJanuary 7, 2019 at 6:59 AM

    Margaret Siemers Thank you - have anice start to the new year 😃

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