The Sears Christmas Wishbook was my favorite reading material every November back when I was a kid. Three Christmases stand out in my memory. The one where I got a new bike, the one where I got a .410 shotgun, and the one where my Mom was very sick and all I wanted was for her to get better.
@rundoetx
4 жыл бұрын
I too spent many an hour looking through the catalog before every Christmas, but i never got the Army Soldier set I always wanted. It had the German Soldiers in it too.
@gregggoss2210
4 жыл бұрын
We got some sporting goods from Sears too. I can't remember exactly what it was, but I know we got plenty of ammo from there too. Dad bought all of his tools from Sears too.
@1964DB
4 жыл бұрын
Aww! That was the sweetest story ever. Thanks for putting me into the Christmas spirit.
@herbbluntman2287
4 жыл бұрын
Spidyr2K That's exactly the comment I was going to make. I couldn't wait for the Christmas Wish Book to show up in our mailbox when I was a kid.
@herbbluntman2287
4 жыл бұрын
@kay van "Monkey Wards". LOL I've never heard Montgomery Wards called that before. Thanks for the Monday afternoon chuckles.
@paulfeagans9904
4 жыл бұрын
The Sears Christmas Wishbook when I was a kid was the greatest publication EVER! I remember also loving the 3 inch thick regular 'quarterly?' catalogs. We were easily amused and satisfied back then.
@partlycloudy9443
4 жыл бұрын
@@Capt_OscarMike yep...kids got by with alot less back then, so we had to be creative, i could put a super hero costume together in no time..lol..
@Mhel2023
4 жыл бұрын
Us kids used to gather around the Sears Christmas Book and "go shopping" page by page. It took hours but was so much fun (70's)
@jameretief8327
3 жыл бұрын
Paul Feagans I swear we would look forward to the Wish Catalog with as much anticipation as Christmas. Mom would dangle it in front of us to make us behave. Better times where everything wasn't a land mine.
@virginiaconnor8350
3 жыл бұрын
My mother depended on her Kenmore sewing machine and our appliances were also Kenmore. I bought her a singer sewing machine years later; she made me return it and stuck with her Kenmore. My favourite sports bra and clothes came from Sears (and Penny's) and so did my 10 speed Free Spirit road bike I bought myself and rode it at college-no car. I even got my contact lens there.
@kingforaday8725
2 жыл бұрын
Back in the day my mom worked at Sears. At Christmas she would bring my sister and I our own personal Wish Book catalog. Like any other kid I got very little of what was in it but it was wonderful even after Christmas to page through it and pretend you were going to find some of the items under your tree!
@DJS3
4 жыл бұрын
Like taking a ride in a time machine. Thanks, Fred!
@FredFlix
4 жыл бұрын
You're welcome, DJS3.
@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427
4 жыл бұрын
Growing up in the 70's we three boys, whenever the catalog was delivered, would drool over the pictures in the toy section. Then later on, for some reason, we would find ourselves drooling over the lingerie ads! I guess boys will be boys!
@kmjeffels
4 жыл бұрын
itiswhatitaint anditaintwhatitis So funny! Drooling!!
@kmjeffels
4 жыл бұрын
itiswhatitaint anditaintwhatitis So funny! Drooling!! Lol
@MikeAndNary
4 жыл бұрын
Sometimes there was a slight hint of a nipple in those catalogs!
@SuperTitank
4 жыл бұрын
Hi, do you still have those catalogues with you ?
@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427
4 жыл бұрын
@@SuperTitank How I wish I did!
@trixier6505
4 жыл бұрын
This was almost painful to watch. So many 50s through 70's memories of better times.
@jpolar394
4 жыл бұрын
I don't know what's better, looking at the catalog or listening to the music . This one's another winner Fred. 👍👍👍 And remember, Jeffrey Epstein and Christmas lights don't hang themselves !
@lisatrautner9426
4 жыл бұрын
😂😂
@spidyr2k
4 жыл бұрын
I LoL'd.
@FredFlix
4 жыл бұрын
Good one, J Polar.
@merce10554
4 жыл бұрын
Ouch. LOL :)
@Pfsif
4 жыл бұрын
Well, they don't!
@garymckee8857
4 жыл бұрын
Excellent Fred this shows a time when Sears sold quality products before corporate raiders.
@FredFlix
4 жыл бұрын
So true, Gary.
@verasmith4767
3 жыл бұрын
My Grandparents had a large of catalogs. They went to the out house. They were farmers.
@jameretief8327
3 жыл бұрын
Gary Mckee worked there for 25 years got out just before the board flushed the company down the toilet to line their pockets. Sad.
@garymckee8857
3 жыл бұрын
@@jameretief8327 True. Thanks
@velaphitshabalala2912
3 жыл бұрын
Greedy shareholders will be the undoing of us all
@partlycloudy9443
4 жыл бұрын
My favorite catalog was the s&h green stamp catalog, i stayed up many a night licking s&h green stamps ( my tongue would be raw..lol ) and go to bed dreaming about what i was gonna get out of the catalog..good times!
@saintmichael1779
4 жыл бұрын
And green, too!
@marthawelch4289
4 жыл бұрын
One of my chores (as an "only" I actually got ALL of the chores) was the review of the stamp catalogues and then pasting the stamps in their appropriate booklets: Gold Bond, Royal, S&H. Just like Danny I started out licking them, swigging a Coke to keep the whistle wet. But after a couple of Double Stamp Days (Wednesdays) and then having to fight an ant invasion due to sugar ants' propensity for finding and eating sugar, I reevaluated my production equipment. The first iteration was a bowl of water and my hands which moved on to a bowl of water and paper towels. I tried to subcontract the job to our newly acquired "dollar dog" but after the first page he called Jimmy Hoffa and began a "we want a union" strike. That went over like a lead balloon here in this right to work state. Life was made easier by the larger "dollar stamps". The final production equipment iteration was a bowl of water and reusable sponge. But all of that product line ended with the death of stamp redemption. At that point, my Daddie's and my watches, all of our linens, and some electronics had to be purchased with cold hard cash.
@partlycloudy9443
4 жыл бұрын
@@marthawelch4289 hahaha...i enjoyed your comment...
@saintmichael1779
4 жыл бұрын
@@marthawelch4289 😊👍!
@sheriheffner2098
4 жыл бұрын
I don't remember trading stamps. But my mother says she got them and used them too.
@lizarnold87
4 жыл бұрын
Never thought my eyes would puddle up looking at Sears catalogs.... What a great day when the Wish book came in the mail...thanks Fred
@FredFlix
4 жыл бұрын
My pleasure, Liz.
@SearsCool
4 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately they had to stop the catalog in 1993, after over 100 years
@lisamiller8174
4 жыл бұрын
That was one of the poor decisions that help put them where they are now.
@SearsCool
4 жыл бұрын
J Smith and then that changed from shopping at the mall to shopping online at your house, I don’t shop online
@SearsCool
4 жыл бұрын
Ralph Goober I believe it’s like their website, but it’s simply not the same as flipping pages on a big book you could order from
@jimhump3575
4 жыл бұрын
but the very same system they use now on internet age.era, the time of online ordering, its in principle the same method of ordering, recieve the goods by mail
@sheriheffner2098
4 жыл бұрын
Are you positive it was 1993? Because I swear I bought Christmas presents for my two year old nephew in 1997? I bought him a Pooh Bear, a Rocking Horse and a Power Wheels car.From a Sears Christmas Wishbook Catalog.
@lisatrautner9426
4 жыл бұрын
When women were thin with no tattoos.
@chrissherlock7665
4 жыл бұрын
@John Bold I'm with you on that. :-D
@usmc-veteran73-77
4 жыл бұрын
I remember always wanting a very cool transistor radio at 8:52. Thanks again for the memories. Love to return to the 60s.
@FredFlix
4 жыл бұрын
So would I, MGPB.
@HymanHitlerstein
4 жыл бұрын
When I was a boy, Sears, Roebuck & Co. was too "upscale" (expensive) a retail establishment for my folks. But I always enjoyed fantasizing, as I paged through the catalog available at my best friend's house! (Now, I page through the comment section of Fred's videos).
@FredFlix
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks, HH. I remember cutting something out of the catalog and giving it to a girl I liked.
@Capt_OscarMike
4 жыл бұрын
Same here...besides the one exception I posted about ...by the way..your screen name brought a laugh, chuckle to me...very clever and nicely done...
@HymanHitlerstein
4 жыл бұрын
@@Capt_OscarMike Glad you found the name amusing. To date, no one has taken offense (which is surprising, considering today's hypersensitive lunacy). I read the comment you posted, and enjoyed it. I grew-up in a similar situation. Not a lot of money....but then again, it was a common circumstance for much of America. My family was lower middle class, as were most of the families in the part of town in which we lived. In fact, back then, most of the town was lower middle class. Most families were perfectly respectable. It's just that no one seemed to have a lot of "discretionary income". We had everything we needed - food, clothes, shelter - but the "extras" were very difficult to come by. There was a brass foundry at the end of my street. To make spending money as a boy, my best friend and I would dig trough the pile of discarded sandstone casting molds that were dumped behind the plant, for little scraps of brass. When we had collected enough, we would knock on the backdoor of the foundry, and sell them back to the plant. I can't remember what we received for a pound of the metal, but it was a pittance. However, it was well worth our while, as we both spent many a Saturday, digging for those treasured little nuggets of metal, in order to have some spending money. Often, the dumped molds were still glowing hot when they were dumped behind the plant!! I can't even imagine what OSHA would have to say, if they had been around back then. But we survived, and never suffered any serious injury. I watched a video this morning on: "The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered" channel. It was about credit cards. As I watched it, it struck me how new our current consumer culture really is. By today's standards, we were poor. But so was most everyone else....and the kids didn't seem to notice we were all "disadvantaged". :) It was a much less physically comfortable and indulgent world back then. But I believe it was a much better world for the soul.
@annapaulikonis2433
4 жыл бұрын
@@HymanHitlerstein my thoughts exactly.Amen.
@paddyotable
4 жыл бұрын
Boggles the mind that you could order an entire house from Sears at one time. :) ~~(Nice Bread song)
@williamdixon1992
4 жыл бұрын
If I'm not mistaken I believe you could also order a car called the Alstate too!
@FredFlix
4 жыл бұрын
I wasn't a Bread fan because their songs were too slow, I thought. But I did like that one.
@glendamcdonald1931
4 жыл бұрын
@@FredFlix I loved Bread... oh boy those were some love songs.. :)
@chrissherlock7665
4 жыл бұрын
@@FredFlix Agree with you about Bread's songs being too slow. Interestingly enough, Metallica did a song called "Breadfan" that was anything but slow.
@whatsnext9668
4 жыл бұрын
My Dads house was a Sears House !
@jedgar63
4 жыл бұрын
"Pardon me Roy, is that the cat who chewed your new shoes?" And in the 70's, I always turned to the lingerie section😏
@AI4QT
4 жыл бұрын
I don't know. It almost appears that when Sears started to decline, so did America.
@FredFlix
4 жыл бұрын
There's a lot of truth in that.
@heygetoffmylawn1572
4 жыл бұрын
I agree 100% with you.
@albinklein7680
4 жыл бұрын
That's pretty deep indeed.
@joegongora2200
4 жыл бұрын
That is down right sad.
@timvest2192
4 жыл бұрын
It also seems true that when America started trying to do things better and get a few things right many saw that as decline.😎😸
@rosseganjr9402
4 жыл бұрын
Seeing this brings back a lot of memories from the 70s and 80s I looked at the Christmas book for hours and hours unfortunately there all gone in my area
@BELCAN57
4 жыл бұрын
Sears - where America shops!
@daschundloverable
4 жыл бұрын
same here along with all the K-marts. NW INDIANA.
@chaosdemonwolf1
4 жыл бұрын
There gone everywhere.
@GardenerEarthGuy
4 жыл бұрын
They were the first major online retailer long before the internet, don't get how they aren't the biggest today.
@arielfilmsinc1926
4 жыл бұрын
@J SmithAND Not adapting to the newer technologies fast enough which at the time was hit and miss 8 track was supposed to be the big thing and the Blackberry...…..
@williamjackson5942
4 жыл бұрын
@J Smith Had nothing to do with the workforce unionized or not.
@fordsrule35
4 жыл бұрын
@@williamjackson5942 The government never should have forced companies to unionize. They are a big part of the problem.
@jameretief8327
3 жыл бұрын
The Sears Tower made them cash poor along with poor management not to mention ignoring up and coming Walmart.
@pgh1all1
3 жыл бұрын
How about the death knell for all big box stores....AMAZON! That's why Target,Walmart etc, adapted with their expedited shipping and expanded online sales. Those that don't adapt and rest on their laurels, will soon become obsolete! Just ask Kresge Corp about that(K-mart) they were one of the biggest. F W Woolworths before them, fell because they refused or could not change with the times or add the systems in place today for fast shipping and shifting a large portion of sales to the net and creating a viable user friendly site to handle it.
@heygetoffmylawn1572
4 жыл бұрын
Once upon a time the sun never set on the Sears and Roebuck merchandise empire. Growing up all my aunts and uncles, family friends and neighbors had multiple Sears brand products in their home. Even today in our house we still have several Kenmore products in use. However, the quality now doesn't meet the quality of yesteryear. Thanks Fred, for this vid. We always enjoyed getting the Sears catalog even if we couldn't afford any of the great toys they had for sale.
@FredFlix
4 жыл бұрын
It must have been fun working there and putting together those ads.
@02chevyguy
4 жыл бұрын
Sears was even mentioned in "Bewitched". SnobLady: I've been meaning to tell you, Mrs. Stephens, that's an amusing little frock you're wearing. Did you make it yourself? Sam: No, I had my coterie run it up. Snob Lady 2: It's lovely. Who is your man? Sam: Oh, it isn't one man, it's two. They call themselves SEARS AND ROEBUCK.
@doraran2138
4 жыл бұрын
As a person Elizabeth Montgomery was a snooty, privileged Hollywood princess (her dad was a famous actor). That aside, her frame would flatter even an off the rack frock. BTW: Always thought Bewitched was a cruel show, especially to Darren.
@jackscott7237
4 жыл бұрын
One of the best things about spending the weekend at Grandmas, She kept a collection of Sears Catalogs
@MrMenefrego1
4 жыл бұрын
How classy those 1940's clothing styles were! Well, all of them were nice except for the 60's and 70's lol. But they were GROOVY! I never dreamed that America would change THIS much... I remember looking at the Sears & Roebuck Catalog with my cousin when we were preteens, I was looking at the new shotguns when my cousin, the Perv pointed out to me the.. ummm.. ladies underwear section! 👀 ! Happy Thanks Giving fellow Baby Boomers! Thank's for the memories, Fred, great Flix as always!
@FredFlix
4 жыл бұрын
I appreciate it, j.d.
@tobyradloff
4 жыл бұрын
A lot of preteen to teenage boys liked looking at the women's underwear pages. By the way, when did women stop wearing girdles?
@MrMenefrego1
4 жыл бұрын
@@tobyradloff haha... Seriously? I haven't got a clue. It was over 40 years ago, who remembers things like that? I can tell you this much, my mother never wore one and man did she ever need one lol.
@riverraisin1
4 жыл бұрын
@@tobyradloff They don't wear nylons anymore either.
@tobyradloff
4 жыл бұрын
@@riverraisin1 Nylons were replaced by panty hose.
@phononut
4 жыл бұрын
This tugged at my heart thinking of all the goods that was produced in this country and all the people that worked producing them. It makes me a little sad. They say don't live in the past, but I think I prefer it.
@FredFlix
4 жыл бұрын
Not to get too philosophical, phononut, but the past is one second ago...or a hundred years ago. It's all the same.
@phononut
4 жыл бұрын
@@FredFlix Good point, Fred.
@glendamcdonald1931
4 жыл бұрын
yes and BETTER QUALITY! the clothes these days.. ugh and everything made in China. I don't know but I have noticed it for years. Sad really
@targetmobile2770
4 жыл бұрын
Sharing the past with the present is very healthy for the heart, brain and soul.
@JettBlast
4 жыл бұрын
As always Fred you you flood the senses with amazing memories.... songs, moments, what we were doing right at that time....great music.....well done....
@FredFlix
4 жыл бұрын
I appreciate that, Jett.
@shelzbelz2341
4 жыл бұрын
Glorious! That 1st song was nice. Fred, sometimes you bring tears to my eyes. Such melancholy. Thanks and hope your Thanksgiving was nice.
@FredFlix
4 жыл бұрын
It was, Michelle. Especially since I go to my best friend's family's house where they do all the cooking and cleaning. I just bring a store-bought cheesecake and my work is done.
@gregggoss2210
4 жыл бұрын
@@FredFlix , you bum. That's the easy way out. Glad to see you had a good time. I really enjoyed this trip through childhood.
@jeannejett2299
4 жыл бұрын
Shelz Belz, what's the name of that song? I know it, but can't remember the name!
@shelzbelz2341
4 жыл бұрын
@@jeannejett2299 I have no idea but it was so nice.
@Fran-tl6bx
4 жыл бұрын
Jeanne Jett jumping jack flash - rolling no stones
@heedmywarning2792
4 жыл бұрын
A big slice of American culture.. thank you.
@FredFlix
4 жыл бұрын
You're welcome, Heed My Warning.
@jessrevill1852
4 жыл бұрын
The 7" portable television from 1948 . . . $150 . . . equivalent to over $1600 today.
@dragon-lf9ow
4 жыл бұрын
Good bye Sears we'll miss ya
@jrebecca0195
4 жыл бұрын
I remember pouring over the toys in the Sears Wish Book as a child, especially the Barbie Dolls section. 😊
@sheriheffner2098
4 жыл бұрын
I loved looking at all the dolls. Dreaming about getting every doll in the book, And Barbies too.
@LeslieGMN
4 жыл бұрын
Oh, so did I! On the rare occasion I got something I’d really craved, it was YEARS after it was age-appropriate; my mother would demand I immediately hand it on to my younger sister. So I would. No surprise that my adult life has been happily Xmas-free!
@rays7437
4 жыл бұрын
I never understood why Sears, who was at one time the largest catalog retailer, didn't go the same route as Amazon. After all online ordering is pretty much catalog ordering
@mrs.evelynkerr8799
4 жыл бұрын
Good question?
@rays7437
4 жыл бұрын
@Ralph Goober Makes sense. That's too bad
@PhilJonesIII
4 жыл бұрын
I was lucky to have taken my electronics degree and immediately landed a job as a 'Computer Technician' at a college in the early 80s. I'd spend the entire holiday recess to work with them so I got up to speed fast. Not so for the average punter. Despite the hype, computers were scary things when it came to business applications. Even showing someone how to use some of the early spreadsheets was challenging enough, getting people to embrace and trust the technology with their business was another matter entirely. Early business packages didn't cut it for many and that meant running paper and electronic systems in parallel until the code could be brought up to speed. Lose your data and your business was very likely to go down the tubes. In fact, a good 50% that lost their data did go out of business. It took no small amount of faith and vision to make such a fundamental change to a well-established business. As for the internet, it was very shaky in the early days. Few had any idea of the legal and contractual laws for online trading (even if they existed). It seemed that no one really knew if the internet would even be a thing. Every new gizmo that came out was 'going to change the way we do business forever'. Most were just another distraction. Sears could have crushed Amazon with its well-established inventory and customer base. It didn't happen.
@pgh1all1
3 жыл бұрын
Philip Jones Amazon's high speed distribution is "crushing" them all, unfortunately. That's why Target, Walmart have made massive changes to their net business models,including expedited shipping.
@brettmiddleton7949
4 жыл бұрын
Big advantage to catalog shopping: No Black Friday crowds. But how did those older catalogs manage to escape their destined fate as, ummm, reading material in the little house out back?
@1964DB
4 жыл бұрын
We had one of the catalog pick-up Sears stores in my hometown, but occasionally, we got to go to the "big" Sears store in a town about half an hour away. Two things I remember about it were 1) They had coloring pages for kids during the holidays and 2) They had a Toyland area during the holidays. When I was older and expecting my first child, I did a lot of shopping there for Winnie the Pooh items for her nursery.
@woodyglendell7400
4 жыл бұрын
This is so sad. The last Sears in Ohio near me in Great Northern Mall is closing. No more staring at all the Craftsman stuff. So depressing.
@chaosdemonwolf1
4 жыл бұрын
Remember when the Sears Christmas wish book was common? Now days throw away ads are wish books. It'll never be the same.
@maintuning
3 жыл бұрын
Here in Canada, Sears breathed its last breath a couple of years ago. I loved the huge selection of hand and power tools. Toward the end , the hardware department kept getting smaller and smaller as the months went by until there was only one person working there and she had to jump around from hardware to 2 other departments. That store, as it was at one time, is sorely missed.
@schallrd1
4 жыл бұрын
Sears provided shopping opportunities to the masses and pioneered marketing via catalog. Amazon and all others owe their conception to Sears.
@glendamcdonald1931
4 жыл бұрын
yeah and notice the page saying "call in your orders" prelude to "shop online"
@heedmywarning2792
4 жыл бұрын
I didn't see any L.E.D. watches in the 70s catalogs. That was strange. Cue Capricorn One/Soylent Green/the Conversation conspiracy theory.
@marie-joseenadeau971
4 жыл бұрын
I looked forward to the catalogue every year and I spent hours and hours looking at the toy section. When I moved from the U.S. to Quebec I had both the Sears and the Eaton's catalogues - very similar, but always a treat. I never got all the toys that I circled in the catalogue but it was fun dreaming about them!
@wierpkevin
4 жыл бұрын
You missed my favorite items the Motorcycles and Minibikes from the 60’s and 70’s catalogs. My first Motorcycle was a Sears 106. Loved that bike for years. Wish I had a time machine for sure.
@wms1650
4 жыл бұрын
@Kevin Wier My best friend, John had a Sears 106. I had a Montgomery Ward Riverside 125. We put lots of miles on those motorcycles. About 1966 or 1967.
@michaelfleming40
4 жыл бұрын
I loved seeing the mini bikes and go karts in the Sears catalogs during my youth. We baby boomers had the best toys. I know a guy that had a Gilera 106cc motorcycle. It probably was first bought from Sears by the previous owners.
@Peter7966
4 жыл бұрын
You ever wonder where all that Sears stuff went. Me thinks there's some big warehouse on The Island of Old and Used Discarded Things right across from The Island of Misfit Toys. It would be a cool place to visit sometime.
@lonrgrrl59
2 жыл бұрын
Either lost and found wear (plus other wares, per toys) either sold on E-Bay or DealDash (or is that Door 🚪 Dash)?
@johnkaczinski468
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Fred! Another winner!! Sears was truly the “Amazon” of it’s day. Unfortunately, “time waits for no man”.
@FredFlix
4 жыл бұрын
Very true, John.
@jimsteele2072
4 жыл бұрын
Ah, back in the days when prices were according to value. The money system is so screwed up, the prices are through the roof, and quality is a thing of the past.
@merce10554
4 жыл бұрын
I've enjoyed this vid like you wouldn't believe, my dear sir. Sears catalogue memories and a great musical selection to go with them. Besides, "It don't matter to me" was a big favorite of mine and still makes me cry. Glad you had a nice Thanksgiving. :)
@FredFlix
4 жыл бұрын
I'm happy you enjoyed it, merce.
@merce10554
4 жыл бұрын
@@FredFlix :)
@MrGaryRoberton
4 жыл бұрын
I once had a 1908 sears reproduction catalogue loaned it to a cousin, and never saw it again. One of the things I will never forget, was a six room farmhouse (With Porch) for $749 .00 delivered to your closest rail station. When they said complete, they meant it. Everything but furniture. WOW!!
@traceyf4842
4 жыл бұрын
I would love to see a picture of that. A house! Wow!
@echodelta9
4 жыл бұрын
Prophetstown State park Indiana has a 1920 Sears farmhouse complete with a player piano and a battery radio.
@waitwhat6882
4 жыл бұрын
A piece of Americana ❤️
@billshea6657
4 жыл бұрын
MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE NORTH POLE and a HAPPY NEW YEAR 2020...….. Those were the days my friend We thought they'd never end We'd sing and dance forever and a day We'd live the life we choose We'd fight and never lose For we were young and sure to have our
@02chevyguy
4 жыл бұрын
way
@myheartisinjapan3184
4 жыл бұрын
Oh, the spectacular Sears catalog! As a kid, my Mom ordered most of our clothes from Sears. It was the most wonderful catalog. And those transistor radios! I have my brother’s 8 track cassette player, as well as his entire 8 track collection, which now means a great deal to me since he’s passed on. The men’s polyester leisure suit 70’s...my dad had a baby blue leisure suit that made his blue eyes sparkle like diamonds, like Paul Newman’s eyes. It drove my Mom nuts that every single time he wore it, he got hit on by so many women, lol. As a kid, I can remember the Christmas wish book, circling hundreds of things I wished for, although I only got two or so. No matter, they were still the very best of times...ever. Love the Big Band music pairing in the first part, too, Fred. I’m a huge Big Band fan. Not to mention throwing in the Cars, of which I am also a huge fan. No one does it like you. Hope your Thanksgiving was extra special, my friend. May God bless you for bringing us so much joy! Xx ...p.s...you’ve earned a spot with your own playlist I’m saving my Fred Flix favorites to!
@FredFlix
4 жыл бұрын
You're a sweetheart, Lori. xoxoxo
@myheartisinjapan3184
4 жыл бұрын
FredFlix thanks, Fred. You are too😘
@jeannejett2299
4 жыл бұрын
Lori Lyn, What is that Big Band song playing in the background? It's a favorite & I can't remember the name!
@daschundloverable
4 жыл бұрын
@Jeanne Jett - Chatanooga choo-choo? @ Lori Lyn, my dad must have had the same suit and very beautiful sky-blue eyes. He looked like Dean Martin too, and when he went to Vegas, people would ask him for his autograph. I can't imagine their expressions when the saw BRUNO, instead of DINO. @FredFlix - what song wouldn't YT let you play? Thanks for the memories.
@myheartisinjapan3184
4 жыл бұрын
Jeanne Jett Tommy Dorsey “I’m Getting Sentimental Over You”...this whole vidéo made me sentimental too.
@jamesallen327
4 жыл бұрын
I thoroughly enjoyed this! So many memories popped into my mind, as I watched each page. The music, for each decade, was perfect, too! Thank you for a look at where we have been, FredFlix!
@FredFlix
4 жыл бұрын
And it's where we are, James...IF we stay on KZitem.
@angelasotolongo9243
4 жыл бұрын
Loved to look through the catalogs. Thanks Fred, awesome video. Hope you enjoy your Thanksgiving.
@FredFlix
4 жыл бұрын
Same to you, Angela.
@BoffinGrusky
4 жыл бұрын
The 1970's get my vote for peak tackiness.
@BoffinGrusky
4 жыл бұрын
@John Bold Ha! I know what you mean!! The only thing good about the fashions were the miniskirts!!! They came and went too quickly!!!
@riverraisin1
4 жыл бұрын
@@BoffinGrusky And hip huggers.
@loripasserman8693
4 жыл бұрын
There's 1 Sears left in my area, and it's so sad to walk through it. It needs to be put out of it's misery
@jrebecca0195
4 жыл бұрын
My local Sears closed a year ago, and there are no more of them nearby. So sad. 😭
@joegongora2200
4 жыл бұрын
There's 1 left here in Corpus Christi, Texas USA; but it will be closing soon. They probably might close that mall down. Because most of the stores have gone out of business. Sears was the store holding down the perimeter.
@annapaulikonis2433
4 жыл бұрын
I wanna cry.I miss KMart too!
@traceyf4842
4 жыл бұрын
They might as well close it down. The quality of the clothes are not good at all.
@joegongora2200
4 жыл бұрын
Well...It finally happened that yesterday 12/15/2019, the Sears store shut its doors here in Corpus Christi, Texas USA. It had been announced several hrs ago on the 10:00 News, that Sears finally shut its doors. I grew up going to that store my folks bought clothes for me there. When I grew up I continued buying clothes there. I even had my car repaired there several times. I know it saddens me but life moves on and one expects changes. Because that's what life is about and things change. In another 2yrs we'll have a new Harbor Bridge, a new 1 will replace the old one. In 1962 or 3 one of the episodes of Route 66 had been filmed here in Corpus Christi. When the episode started Martin Milner was crossing the bridge in his Corvette. There will be memories of that bridge because it was a landmark. Corpus Christi is known for that bridge. But the Harbor Bridge has served its purpose.
@gregggoss2210
4 жыл бұрын
We got most of our toys from a local store called Discount Harry's. We did get our first gaming system from Sears ( Pong ).
@partlycloudy9443
4 жыл бұрын
PONG...lol..hours and hours of high technological fun on our 19 inch b&w tv that was on a ragged metal stand with wheels, the tv was missing a knob, so we had pliers tied to the tv on a string..lolol
@loki6253
4 жыл бұрын
We got our toys from a store called Otasco. Generally a hardware store but at Christmas had a huge toy selection, plus they had layaway. If it had not been for layaway we would have NEVER got a thing. My mother was the queen of layaway. Thank you Mom. We were poor but she made sure we always had a wonderful Christmas. One year she pawned her classring, wedding set (they were separated) and vac cleaner for Christmas gifts. She never got them back. I felt really bad about her classring years later when I finally learned what had happened. If I could have her another one made .....
@loki6253
4 жыл бұрын
Didn't we all... The pliers and tv antenna that someone had to go out and adjust by hand while your brother screamed THATS IT
@gregggoss2210
4 жыл бұрын
@@loki6253 , when parents were awesome.
@rays7437
4 жыл бұрын
A friend of mine and I used to hit on girls by pretending we saw them in the Sears catalog. Haha. Most of them laughed at us but a few actually were catalog models who just hadn't been able to get into the Sears catalog yet.
@buffdaddy2032
4 жыл бұрын
Love this video. I remember going through the Xmas catalog and marking things I would like santa to bring . I really think those simpler days were so much better .
@FredFlix
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your comment, buff daddy.
@buffdaddy2032
4 жыл бұрын
@@FredFlix your welcome love the videos .
@toltec13
4 жыл бұрын
Hey, I know that song! "I'm getting sentimental over you" by the Dorsey Brothers.
@timelord10
4 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid in the 1970s my neighbor would get Sears and Montgomery Ward catalogs and their older son and I would spend hours looking at the pages and pages of toys. Miss those carefree days.
@bobhill5791
4 жыл бұрын
What timing... my first, first like! I actually still own a violin from an early 1900's sears catalog.. Another good one Fred!
@FredFlix
4 жыл бұрын
Thank, Bob. Was the violin willed to you?
@bobhill5791
4 жыл бұрын
@@FredFlix No Fred I quit playing in Rock bands in my late 30's and took u classical violin. My friends wondered if i had, had a head injury!
@blondeblythe
4 жыл бұрын
In the '60s and '70s my brother and I would wait every year with great anticipation for the Sears Christmas Wish Book to arrive. Then, after carefully searching each and every page, we would each make out a long list of what we wanted for Christmas. In actuality, we only got a fraction of what we had on our lists, but it was fun dreaming! Great video, Fred! One of my favorites!
@FredFlix
4 жыл бұрын
A lot of people are liking this one, Blythe.
@lindaeasley4336
4 жыл бұрын
Every kid waited for the annual Sears Christmas Wish catalog in the 50s- 70s . I remember the ViewMaster being one of the coolest toys around .My parents got me a ViewMaster Projector in 1971 or 72
@stevehall383
4 жыл бұрын
This brings back a lot of memories. I spent most of my time with the Sears catalog looking at the ladies underwear models.
@luisreyes1963
3 жыл бұрын
2:08 Hubba, Hubba...😍
@donaldsmalleypublishing401
4 жыл бұрын
If only Sears, Roebuck & Co were to keep going. The amazing Sears catalogue (Wish Book) is now just a memory like Palisades Park. Soon, Sears will join it. I absolutely love these collections of memorabilia you provide us. Very original and thoughtful. Had several years of joy. Keep up the great work.
@FredFlix
4 жыл бұрын
I will, Don. Thanks.
@LeslieGMN
4 жыл бұрын
The first upload of this was marked “removed” and disappeared... you had me worried for a moment. Thanks again, Fred!!!
@FredFlix
4 жыл бұрын
YT rejected a song; so I had to change it.
@Mike583
4 жыл бұрын
@@FredFlix That's YT for you!
@thrashpondopons2776
4 жыл бұрын
I started to look forward to the catalog around Back-To-School time! It was as much of the holiday's as the shlocky X-Mass Specials!
@lizinwisconsin6728
4 жыл бұрын
Boy, when I watch this I wonder what the hell has happened to our world. LOVE your music choices. Thanks!!!! The prices seemed to really skyrocket in the 80s. I feel sort of depressed now. :-( Take me back to the 40s.
@FredFlix
4 жыл бұрын
Inflation tripled from 1970 to 1980. If that happened now I'd be out on the street in 10 years.
@arroyobaby38
4 жыл бұрын
"18 1/2 and 10 3/4 cents???" Love this .... brings back some nice memories. I was born in the 60's
@christyann
4 жыл бұрын
Omg! Takes me back to laying on the floor at grandma's house flipping through the pages. Stacks of old Sear's catalogs fantasizing about all those toys and pretty ruffled bedspreads. Lol!
@girlscanbedrummers5449
4 жыл бұрын
I'm drooling at all the old dolls and dollhouses 🤤💕
@tcphvacr9950
4 жыл бұрын
Ahh, the old Wish Book from the early 70s through the mid 80s, made my day when it showed up every year. May not have got a lot from it, but it was a blast to dream about every year. Thanks for posting that nice compilation!
@FredFlix
4 жыл бұрын
You're welcome.
@Mynamesalexa
4 жыл бұрын
I want to see the page where a male model was modeling underwear and something was sticking out. Mib 1960's.
@ladytron9188
4 жыл бұрын
Some of those items were quite expensive for the time.
@wesleyhackney
4 жыл бұрын
Now this is a subject I know a lot about. My parents met at Sears after my dad returned from WW2 . He was a truck driver for catalog order goods. I think everything we owned came from a Sears catalog. I have a collection of all Christmas catalogs from 1954 to 1978. Spent lots of hours looking at all the toys that time of year. Thanks for this compilation Fred!
@FredFlix
4 жыл бұрын
That's quite a collection, Wesley.
@jeenkzk5919
4 жыл бұрын
I remember looking through one of the Sears Wishbook catalog as a child during nap time circa 81. Another one I looked through was BEST. I’m not sure it was a regional retailer or something. All those stores were gone by the early 90s
@2574mcu
4 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid I used to like looking at the catalogs from Sears and Montgomery wards, but my favorite catalog was RadioShacks.
@jamesbenedict7206
4 жыл бұрын
Mine was J C Whitney!
@joegongora2200
4 жыл бұрын
Hadn't seen a Sears catalog in years. In the 1930's catalog something caught me eye. In one of the pages seemed like the men were wearing Bellbottom Pants. When I bought some flair-bottom pants back in 1970. My grandparents told me that kind of pant style was nothing new to them. They said they were in style for a year or two; and I guess it's in the 1930's. I guess that Sears catalog of the 1930's proves that. When I was in Junior High I remember what one of our teachers said. She said that styles come and go and sometimes they make a comeback. It's certainly sad that now they're closing most of the Sears stores. The department store we all grew-up with. Fred thanks for sharing this with us. It's sad that Sears department store may not be with us much longer.
@FredFlix
4 жыл бұрын
And of course bell bottoms originated in the Navy because they were easier to roll up when you swabbed the deck.
@loki6253
4 жыл бұрын
Yes I noticed the bellbottoms too
@echodelta9
4 жыл бұрын
Bell bottoms are in 4000 BC African Tassili rock paintings. The 1930's pants would have been the pants of a Zoot suit. There were anti-Hispanic riots over them as WW2 rationing of cloth happened.
@raymondfleming7349
4 жыл бұрын
The Sears catalogue - the "online" wonder of the past decades. Thanks Fred for bringing back those great just after Thanksgiving memories.
@FredFlix
4 жыл бұрын
You're welcome, Raymond.
@captainjohn7833
3 жыл бұрын
Man I remember looking at the toy section and camping gear making my Santa list! MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE 2020 ! 🎄🎅🎁🎁... 🚬👓...
@keelsmac01
4 жыл бұрын
This was great Fred! Thanks for the memories! Sears catalog was the best! We'd go through it and write our "picks" on a a legal pad yellow paper, the list was long! We'd get 1/4 of what we asked for and were happy to get it!
@RandysFiftySevenChevy
4 жыл бұрын
I remember bending the corner of the pages where things I wanted were...just in case mom or dad were wondering. One year they did get me something from one of those pages A Whirlybird helicopter. But they didn't get the batteries and back then nothing was open on Christmas Day. I survived.
@debbiebarnhardt1590
4 жыл бұрын
I think every kids Christmas Wish Book was the best. I also remember when they had the catalog stores.
@tomjones6
4 жыл бұрын
The younger generation will never know how good it was back in the day. Now we have China Mart. ☹️
@jeannejett2299
4 жыл бұрын
I remember now! I'm Getting Sentimental Over You". The great Tommy Dorsey.
@FredFlix
4 жыл бұрын
Yep!
@lisamarieva3514
4 жыл бұрын
My older sister, younger brother and I would have the yearly Wish Book completely dog eared and crayoned up within one week of its delivery. We each would pick a color of crayon or marker so Mom would know who wanted what AND we each wrote a detailed list complete with description and page number. Of course we did not get everything on our lists but every Christmas was so full of love, fun, and family anyways that the gifts were just icing on the cake.
@rexlex1736
4 жыл бұрын
Every autumn at our house included the unbridled anticipation of the arrival of the Sears Christmas Catalog. My brother and I spent many hours of excitement drooling over the toy section, wishing for all of the toys! The catalog remained on the coffee table within easy reach throughout the season. In fact, the Sears Christmas Catalog was as much a part of celebrating Christmas at our house as the Christmas tree, Santa Claus, eggnog, and the yearly rock hard fruitcake sent from Aunt Gladys!
@jeannecravens628
4 жыл бұрын
I loved going through the Sears and robuck catalog, I had 5 sisters and we would spend all day together with that book.
@LynxSouth
4 жыл бұрын
Years ago in a documentary, some elderly brothers talked about how everyone in the family had a favorite section of the Sears catalog: tools for dad, clothes and housewares for mom, toys for the kids. So, when the catalog got shifted to the outhouse for TP duty, they all were careful to try to preserve their own sections. They laughed over how the section that lasted the longest was women's underclothes until their mother caught on, then she began using it first.
@marc639
4 жыл бұрын
sears management fell asleep and let amazon take over their concept. what fools hath wall street make! And yes, the women were actually as skinny as the pictures
@dakert40
4 жыл бұрын
Hi Fred, its funny you should post this video today as I tried to go to Sears wednesday and it was closed.
@FredFlix
4 жыл бұрын
Wow.
@rolfsinkgraven
4 жыл бұрын
Once we had a big shop like that, until 15 years ago it closed, miss it dearly ..............................
@laurabledsoe5878
4 жыл бұрын
I desperately miss catalogs. I'd love to order some old print catalogs from any of the retailers--Sears, JC Penney's, Montgomery Wards, just to look them over from time to time. Sure, I order once in awhile online, but it doesn't begin to compare to those great print catalogs.
@jeannejett2299
4 жыл бұрын
What is the beautiful music playing in the background? It's so familiar & I know it, but can't think of the name. I hope you'll answer. I loved seeing all the catalog pages, just sad they are no longer published.
@glendamcdonald1931
4 жыл бұрын
he has them listed under the title and "show more" :)
@betaomega8724
4 жыл бұрын
So, what some of you guys are saying is, all I had to do to get some attention from my husband , was to pose as if in a Sear's lingerie ad ? This might have helped a long time ago! I forgot to mention those toy pages are tearing me up too!
@riverraisin1
4 жыл бұрын
Them dishes and their duds in the 1940's were killer diller! Translation: The women and their fashions from the 1940's were amazing!
@allanadam4553
4 жыл бұрын
I don’t remember a Sears catalogue but had Service Merchandise and Quelle from Germany. When we moved to Charlotte in 1979 the house we bought had black and white Sears catalogue wall paper from the 1880’s in the kitchen, also a wall rotary pay phone, used as a piggy bank!
@terrymathis1446
4 жыл бұрын
I love these videos! I especially enjoyed watching the prices change and the women starting to wear pants. Also interesting was the Mamie doll pushing the baby carriage in the '30s. No Black models until the '70's! Thanks for keeping the actual American history alive!
@FredFlix
4 жыл бұрын
You're welcome, Terrry.
@exit5620
4 жыл бұрын
Milk of Magnesia dental cream? 18:45, wow!
@mindyvaughn8217
4 жыл бұрын
The Christmas Book was such a big treat every year because we got to go through and circle 3 things that we wanted Santa to bring us. Of course we knew Santa was Mom and Daddy. It was a sad day for me when our Sears store closed. Thanks Fred.💖
@FredFlix
4 жыл бұрын
Nice comment, Mindy.
@msr1116
4 жыл бұрын
I've got one of those Viewmasters stashed away somewhere in a closet or a spare room. I got it 40-50 years ago and I think it still works fine.
@maryannthornton2331
4 жыл бұрын
1930's wash frock for 49 cents.I love it!
@speedlearner
4 жыл бұрын
Since the 2020 Olympics is coming up, can you do a show about the 1976 Olympics?
@FredFlix
4 жыл бұрын
That's probably been done enough on YT.
@richardgazinia5482
4 жыл бұрын
Like a lot of other comments here I remember devouring and basically memorizing everything I wanted in the Wish Book when it arrived in the fall. My mother would tell me that I could pick one thing from Santa and one thing from my parents. I would daydream in school thinking about leafing through the pages and wanting everything. The two gifts I remember getting were the Coleco Pinball Champ in 1977 and the NFL Football helmet buggies. My mother had a fit when I traded away my buggies for something I don't even remember now. The music for this video was fantastic Fred, that Tommy Dorsey tune really hits me hard when I hear it now. Also Fred do you or have you ever considered starting a Facebook group? I would be a great place for all of us Fred-fantantics to post our favorite stuff in response to your fantastic videos. For example I found a TV commercial for the above mentioned pinball game and I would have loved to have shared with everyone, just a thought. Keep up the great work. Love your videos.
@2ndarmoredhellonwheels106
4 жыл бұрын
Was it Spiegel who also sent out a Christmas catalog ?
@MrTitan225
4 жыл бұрын
Great times ! the Sears wishbook at Xmas time ! I got my first bike there.... also the Pikes peak car race set from this catalog ....RIP Sears .....sadly missed by all
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