| Under the Tree: The Toys and Treats that Made Christmas Special, 1930-1970 | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 7 reviews)
Sales Rank: 179414
Category: Book
Author: Susan Waggoner
Publisher: Stewart, Tabori and Chang
Studio: Stewart, Tabori and Chang
Manufacturer: Stewart, Tabori and Chang
Label: Stewart, Tabori and Chang
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 112
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 1584796413
Dewey Decimal Number: 394.2663
EAN: 9781584796411
ASIN: 1584796413
Publication Date: October 1, 2007
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Product Description
Filled with more than 100 illustrations?nostalgic art, vintage photographs, and evocative advertisements
When? Can?t I open just one? Please? The minutes, the hours, the eons of waiting?and wondering. What?s underneath the shiny silver paper? Behind the enormous red bow? Under the tree?
Who doesn?t remember what it was like to be a kid at Christmas? And who hasn?t yearned to go back in time to recapture that special feeling? Well, we can?t turn back the clock, but we can do the next best thing. We can bring a bit of the past into the present. In Under the Tree, Susan Waggoner, author of Stewart, Tabori and Chang?s It?s a Wonderful Christmas, takes a loving, nostalgic look at the toys and gifts that made the postwar American Christmas the big deal it was.
Under the Tree revisits gifts both large and small, from Mr. Machine and the Kenner Easy-Bake Oven to Moon Rocks, Silly Putty, Sea Monkeys, and other delights that stuffed our stockings. In addition to the fascinating stories behind each toy, the book is bursting with cultural history, quotes, and lore?all wrapped up with more than 100 full-color vintage illustrations. For anyone who?s ever been a kid at Christmas, Under the Tree will be as irresistible as a kiss under the mistletoe.
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This was really cute December 6, 2008
Take a trip down memory lane. I smiled and remembered being an elated child!!!
 Matchbox Cars are indestructible March 18, 2008
This book brings back very fond memories for Baby Boomers and Traditionalists who remember those "good old days"!
The illustrations in this book are great and the book is wonderful. I still have some of my Matchbox cars and every time my grandson comes to visit he asks for them. They've been around for years!
 A Fun Look at past Christmas toys February 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was a nostalgic look at Christmas past that brought back lots of fun memories of toys and times as a family as children.
Great looking back to the past January 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Memory Lane is a great place to visit from time to time.
And this book was a wonderful road map to take you there when at times you get lost.
Sit and reminisce December 14, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Baby Boomers should enjoy sitting down with a cup of coffee to read this book. Why is it, the days gone by are always the best?
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