The memories of poring over catalogs from Sears-Roebuck, J.C. Penney or Montgomery Ward are priceless. Some of us circled the ...

With bright eyes, post-World War II baby boom children filled “toylands” at area stores, amazed at the brightly colored offerings as local retailers stacked the shelves for lucrative Christmas sales.

The Chillicothe Gazette archives have numerous letters to Santa from over the years. Here is a selection of some of them.

The Studebaker National Museum shares the story of the South Bend Toy Factory in its "Industry Spotlight" exhibit.

A middle-class American family from the early 20th century are posed next to their massive Christmas tree, decorated with ...

Julie Stevens, the actress and broadcaster, who has died aged 87, was a sidekick to John Steed (Patrick Macnee) in The ...

Every year, we remember some of the writers, actors, musicians, filmmakers and performers who died over the past year, and ...

Let’s go back to the 1950s and 1960s, and I remember several popular stores for this time of the year. If you were buying toys, bikes or dolls for your children, two stores come to mind — Economy Auto ...

For a period of time in the late 1950s and early 1960s, Martin, Frank Sinatra ... Sands in Las Vegas in 1963 with the song “Guys and Dolls,” on Afterglow. MUSIC - DEAN MARTIN AND FRANK ...

There’s a wondrous magic to Christmas,” a wise man once observed, “a special power reserved for little people.” ...

Many children will have received toys as Christmas gifts over the festive period. Many of today’s toys have a long history ...

This year's bumper crop of great music books includes titles on Joni MItchell, Bikini Kill's Kathleen Hanna, the Rolling ...