Product Overview
Filled with more than 100 illustrationsnostalgic art, vintage photographs, and evocative advertisements
When? Cant I open just one? Please? The minutes, the hours, the eons of waitingand wondering. Whats underneath the shiny silver paper? Behind the enormous red bow? Under the tree?
Who doesnt remember what it was like to be a kid at Christmas? And who hasnt yearned to go back in time to recapture that special feeling? Well, we cant 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 Changs Its 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 loreall wrapped up with more than 100 full-color vintage illustrations. For anyone whos ever been a kid at Christmas, Under the Tree will be as irresistible as a kiss under the mistletoe.
