The 1975 Sears Wish Book was 605 pages thick, and most American kids spent ...

The mid-1970s were a unique era for holiday shopping, when families spent on flashy, fun, and sometimes extravagant gifts. From clunky new gadgets to toys everyone wanted, here’s a look at the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vintage Christmas It was the era of disco, vol-au-vents and flares. But while we may no longer yearn for sequined trousers, in ...

The "great inflation" 50 years ago caused "skyrocketing prices for all necessities of life." News articles in 1975 described inflation as "galloping," "ruinous" and "runaway." To convince consumers to ...

The tradition of Syracuse’s annual Christmas tree dates to 1914 and is one of the longest such Yuletide rituals in the nation. For the past couple of years, the city has erected a four-story ...

The year was 1975. Pinball machines, microwaves and Pong topped Christmas wish lists. And Sears, then a retail giant, was the place in Dallas where you could buy all three. That peek into the past was ...

Erie holiday meal, party costs climbed in 1975 due to inflation The "great inflation" of 1975 drove prices of Christmas and New Year's meals and parties in Erie up. Those prices would be a big bargain ...

Gus Schuettler ©Stars and StripesFulda, West Germany, December, 1975: Although a jeep isn't the traditional mode of travel for this well-known distributor of Christmas gifts, it would probably serve ...