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The decline of Sears makes me sad. Christmas for my childhood was all about the Sears Christmas Catalog.

Posted by Max Nov 29 '22, 08:38

We used to make our Christmas lists by marking the page and item number. That's right - Christmas was materialism, get upset about that!

Sears used to sell *homes* by catalog. It deserves at least to live on in a museum.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/29/business/sears-last-christmas/index.html (www.cnn.com)

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Similar but for a local department store called Boscov's -- nm - rollo Nov 29, 09:34
I see Eddie Lampert still owns the company and continues to run it into the group. - Mop Nov 29, 08:54
Amazon sends out a physical toy catalog every year. -- nm - Mop Nov 29, 08:51 3
- It's not the same! THE WISH BOOK RULED! -- nm - ty97 Nov 29, 09:31
- Target as well. -- nm - znufrii Nov 29, 08:52 1
  - For some of their toys, sure. -- nm - Spawn Nov 29, 08:53
I appreciate more options being available on a whim -- nm - budice Nov 29, 08:42 2
- see, that's not nearly as fun to me. You had to REALLY think through your choices in the catalogue. You had to decide what you REALLY REALLY wanted. -- nm - Andie Nov 29, 09:18 1
  - Plus, the Sears catalog was THE authority. As in, nowhere else to look. At least not with as good of options. -- nm - Spawn Nov 29, 09:19
That and the decline of Christmas catalogs in general. -- nm - Spawn Nov 29, 08:38 1
- Williams Sonoma catalog was always fun browsing, esp the recipes which used that $300 utensil...till they became buy this $20 jar of sauce too. -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 29, 10:44

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The decline of Sears makes me sad. Christmas for my childhood was all about the Sears Christmas Catalog.

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