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TheCentepedeShoes

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7. Eeek

Reply to PSPS (Original post)

Tue Dec 27, 2011, 08:53 PM

Dec 2011

I looked just like that girl on the cover of the 1957 Sears catalog
I even had a bear like that
Mom, Dad we need to talk about my contract
That year I got a Madam Alexander doll - Cissy with the pink and white striped dress - from my Mom and a set of American Plastic Bricks from my Dad
I liked the bricks better, plus he renewed the National Geo mag subscription

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Christmas catalogs of yore [View all] PSPS Dec 2011 OP

Great time waster liberal N proud Dec 2011 #1

I used to love the Spiegel catalogs. nt Kahuna Dec 2011 #2

I think handmade34 Dec 2011 #3

Yikes, that is like me in seventh grade. frazzled Dec 2011 #4

It was always a big deal FirstLight Dec 2011 #5

How I ever got on the mailing list, I'll never know Tansy_Gold Dec 2011 #6

Eeek TheCentepedeShoes Dec 2011 #7

The 1980 JCPenny catalog is seared into my brain. tridim Dec 2011 #8

I still have the Fall/Winter 1973 J C Penneys catalog Curmudgeoness Dec 2011 #9

Wow this is a great site. I love old catalogues. snagglepuss Dec 2011 #10

Last Christmas, I found a 1966 Herter's Catalog for my brother NBachers Dec 2011 #11