Reader99. Oh, the old coat hanger trick! I remember that from way back in my school days, and how every so often we'd watch a boy get into his locked car using a wire hanger. A great collection you brought with you!

Kathy WI. Boy do I miss the old mass stores. The ones where canoes and boats and things hung from the ceilings, the ones where every large storefront window displayed a different theme. Great memories. Your Santa story is wonderful!

Kfander. The crank phone sounds awesome! Hee Haw style!

Polliwog. Boy, was I ever ripped! My hourly babysitting pay (in the 70's) was based on 1950's/60's hourly babysitting pay!

I'm so old I remember life-size mannequins in department stores/storefront windows.