Sears Wishbook

[DaJudge]

Does anyone remember getting that 3 inch thick Sears Christmas Wishbook as a kid and sitting there dreaming about what you wanted for Christmas?

Seems to me the dreaming and anticipation was way cooler than even getting the toy on Christmas.

[DeWayneTN]

Oh yeah!! That brings back memories!

I was driving in Marietta the other day and was on Windy Hill beside what used to be Lionel Playworld, the first big toy store I'd ever seen. As a kid, it was almost too much for me to fathom - aisles and aisles of toys!!! I remember my brother buying me an Iron Man mego there.

[DaJudge]

I was driving in Marietta the other day and was on Windy Hill beside what used to be Lionel Playworld, the first big toy store I'd ever seen. As a kid, it was almost too much for me to fathom - aisles and aisles of toys!!! I remember my brother buying me an Iron Man mego there.

I remember that store! My parents got me a Weeble Wobble submarine from there!

I didn't have the Iron Man Mego, but I did have Superman, and Batman and Robin, and I picked up a Joker missing part of his costume from a Kmart bargain bin when I was a kid.

[pitts47150]

Hey I remember the Sears Wish Books. Page after page of things to wish for.

[Shellie]

We sat down with markers and circled what we wanted. We would put our initials in the circle.

[rjc]

We sat down with markers and circled what we wanted. We would put our initials in the circle.

Now I officially feel old, my kids did that every year with the Sears book and with Penney's Christmas catalog.

[Alan]

I haven't thought of that in years, but I remember flipping through it in the living room floor, day after day, dreaming about what I wanted for Christmas.

[DaJudge]

We sat down with markers and circled what we wanted. We would put our initials in the circle.

Yeah, I did that, plus, I dogeared the pages so my parents wouldn't miss them!

[DaJudge]

Here's a link to a Flickr page where a guy scanned in the 1979 Wishbook. It will bring back some memories!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishbook/sets/1360453/

[soulsearcher]

Now children, I can "one-up" you with the Sears "Wishbook." When and where I was raised, that book was put to more practical purposes . . . one page at a time.

[Shellie]

Now children, I can "one-up" you with the Sears "Wishbook." When and where I was raised, that book was put to more practical purposes . . . one page at a time.

Children nothing!! I learned to pee off the porch to keep from going that far in the middle of the night.

[DaJudge]

Children nothing!! I learned to pee off the porch to keep from going that far in the middle of the night.

TMI Shellie

[Faith rider]

[quote="soulsearcher"]Now children, I can "one-up" you with the Sears "Wishbook." When and where I was raised, that book was put to more practical purposes . . . one page at a time. [/quote]

I was waiting for someone to tell the other use for the Sears catolog.

[soulsearcher]

Now children, I can "one-up" you with the Sears "Wishbook." When and where I was raised, that book was put to more practical purposes . . . one page at a time.

Children nothing!! I learned to pee off the porch to keep from going that far in the middle of the night.

Shellie, I'll be ding-danged if you aren't my long-lost cousin!

[Shellie]

TMI Shellie

Sorry...it just got away from me. It happens sometimes.