The first Sears Christmas Book, in 1933, was a modest 87 pages. It offered fruitcakes and Mickey Mouse watches and live canaries. By 1968, the catalog had ballooned to 608 pages, and sold quilted ...

The Sears Wish Book was a one-time holiday staple, a door-stopper of a catalog that children would pour over and parents would browse for gift ideas. After abandoning the Wish Book several years ago, ...

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Sears hopes a dose of nostalgia will bring joy to its holiday season. The struggling retailer is bringing back the Wish Book, its iconic holiday catalog featuring holiday decor, toys, games, ...

A couple of years ago, Ryan Forbes was cleaning out his grandmother's house shortly after she died when he came across a 1998 Sears holiday catalog in perfect condition. Upon finding it, Forbes, a ...

Ruth Parrington, librarian in the art department of the Chicago Public Library, studies early Sears Roebuck catalogs in the library's collection, in Chicago. The catalog Parrington is holding features ...