Merry Christmas 2011 to my readers. No long post today, just a nostalgic trip back through the Sears Wishbook from 1962, when I got a Skipper doll – Barbie’s little sister for those of you not up on your Barbie trivia – along with a carload of other longed-for Barbie stuff for Christmas.
If you’d like to look at your Christmas Past, you can visit WishbookWeb.com and find Speigels 1933, Sears 1940, Lord & Taylor 1941, Sears 1942-1944, and dozens of others all the way up to Sears 1988. (You can also laugh at the god-awful clothes from the 1970s.) I don’t know who is digitizing those giant vintage mail order catalogs, but I’m glad they are.
Happy holidays and Merry Christmas 2011 to all my readers and a wonderful new year ahead to you all.
Cute post! I’m going to have to share the link with my family! Merry Christmas!!!
I think Allen was actually Bob in my day. And wasn’t there a Scooter who was Skipper’s friend?
I loved my Skipper doll and case! I remember it was blue and opened in the center. Inside it was like a closet. I was never interested in Barbie.
Thanks for listing the WishbookWeb.com site. I’m looking forward to looking for my other childhood favorites.
Merry Christmas Sassy Jane! I was born in March 1959 same as Barbie and I have one of the first Barbie bought by my mother when I was born. Have Ken, Skipper, Midge & Allen too!
I still have my Barbie and Skipper dolls!