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Sears won't be printing its iconic holiday Wish Book this year. It printed the catalog from 1933 to 2011, and once again in 2017. This year, it will only be available online, the Chicago Tribune ...

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 ...

One of the best Christmas or Hanukkah presents that young baby boomers like me got even before the holidays did not cost our parents anything. This gift was as magical as many of the costly gifts that ...

While it’s not exactly accurate to say the Big Book is back, Sears has created a holiday Wish Book catalog for the first time in 14 years. The more contemporary looking, slimmed-down version of the ...