Feeling nostalgic, we went to eBay in search of old Sears Christmas catalogs to buy. Quickly, we discovered many of them are out of our price range — selling for up to almost $200. Luckily ...

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 ...

1953: The Sears credit card is introduced. 1967: Sears creates DieHard batteries. 1968: The Christmas catalog is re-christened the Wish Book. 1973: The Sears Tower, then the tallest building in ...

In 1968, the name of the catalog officially changed to ... Original article source: Sears sold the first artificial Christmas trees for $0.50 and $1.00 in the late 1800s ...

Sears, Roebuck & Company is credited by the National Christmas Tree Association ... artificial Christmas trees in 1910." In 1968, the name of the catalog officially changed to the "Wish Book ...

For so many people who grew up before the internet, the Sears catalog WAS the internet ... They even sold houses for a while. The Sears Christmas catalogs provided hours and hours of entertainment ...

It is the iconic Sears ... Christmas Wish Book. Join me on a trip of shared experiences with the Christmas Wish Book, back in the day. Before our trip, let me review, historically buyers placing ...

Candace Forbes Couple Finds 'Perfect' Christmas Tree in Forest ... In one video, Forbes opens a sealed 1996 Sears Wish Book, which happens to be his favorite catalog he owns.

It has been a slow, quiet death for an iconic chain, whose groundbreaking catalog and anchor position at many malls nationwide once made Sears both the Amazon (AMZN) and the Walmart of its day.

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 ...