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<blockquote data-quote="Star*" data-source="post: 102128" data-attributes="member: 4964"><p>My Mother - was brilliant and a strategist. </p><p></p><p>The week before Thanksgiving we would ALWAYS go to Sears for new shoes. While there Mom would buy 2 Wishbook catalogs. The one that had JUST toys in it. </p><p></p><p>Over the long Thanksgiving holiday to keep us out of her hair she would hand my sister and I each a catalog, notebook and pencil. The deal was we were (before Turkey dinner) to write down ALL and EVERY single toy we wanted. I mean the sky was the limit. It took literally HOURS to fill out the paperwork (thus keeping us out of her hair)</p><p></p><p>When that was done the bird was usually done, and we'd eat - and to occupy us again - she would sit down with a cup of coffee and look over both of our lists. Nodding, smiling, raising her eyebrows, saying things like WOW or OH MY. Then she would hand the list back to us and say - now pick out 100 of those toys that would be your favorites. </p><p></p><p>Well as you can probably guess - this went on the entire thanksgiving vacation. She would say "You better get working on your lists." And back we would go to toil over our top 100, then back to Mom and she would say "Okay your top 50", and back we'd go and then back to Mom and then it was "Your Top 25, Top 10, and finally YOUR HEARTS DESIRE." The MOTHER of all gifts IF we were well behaved enough through the whole year. </p><p></p><p>With the list whittled down to 25 and a HEARTS DESIRE - we were instructed in our best handwriting to pen a letter to Santa. We addressed it to North Pole and handed it to her for mailing to the Elf himself. </p><p></p><p>Mom and Dad ALWAYS tried so hard to get the Hearts Desire. To this day - my Mom will call and say "What is your Hearts Desire this year?" I think she's genius. And I have some REALLY REALLY neat toys. Still no pony, but that's a Santa Clause issue~really. My Mom told me so. lol</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Star*, post: 102128, member: 4964"] My Mother - was brilliant and a strategist. The week before Thanksgiving we would ALWAYS go to Sears for new shoes. While there Mom would buy 2 Wishbook catalogs. The one that had JUST toys in it. Over the long Thanksgiving holiday to keep us out of her hair she would hand my sister and I each a catalog, notebook and pencil. The deal was we were (before Turkey dinner) to write down ALL and EVERY single toy we wanted. I mean the sky was the limit. It took literally HOURS to fill out the paperwork (thus keeping us out of her hair) When that was done the bird was usually done, and we'd eat - and to occupy us again - she would sit down with a cup of coffee and look over both of our lists. Nodding, smiling, raising her eyebrows, saying things like WOW or OH MY. Then she would hand the list back to us and say - now pick out 100 of those toys that would be your favorites. Well as you can probably guess - this went on the entire thanksgiving vacation. She would say "You better get working on your lists." And back we would go to toil over our top 100, then back to Mom and she would say "Okay your top 50", and back we'd go and then back to Mom and then it was "Your Top 25, Top 10, and finally YOUR HEARTS DESIRE." The MOTHER of all gifts IF we were well behaved enough through the whole year. With the list whittled down to 25 and a HEARTS DESIRE - we were instructed in our best handwriting to pen a letter to Santa. We addressed it to North Pole and handed it to her for mailing to the Elf himself. Mom and Dad ALWAYS tried so hard to get the Hearts Desire. To this day - my Mom will call and say "What is your Hearts Desire this year?" I think she's genius. And I have some REALLY REALLY neat toys. Still no pony, but that's a Santa Clause issue~really. My Mom told me so. lol [/QUOTE]
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