The moment that we were told that they were raising this money, my wife and I got on our knees in our bedroom and we prayed,” ...

SAN JOSE — Mercury News Wish Book readers continue to respond generously to the annual entreaty to help their neighbors in need whose stories are being told in our news sections and online this ...

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Angela Phang embodies the Wish Book spirit. She may not apply the Wish Book name to her generosity, but Phang, a 71-year-old student of the Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired Senior ...

Janet McAliley recalls her first winter in Miami. She was just 2 and she was living in a tent on Biscayne Boulevard with her parents, older sister and baby brother. Jorge Gateno was raised by his ...

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WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — 'Tis the season for holiday sale catalogs in our mailboxes and the gift guides in our inboxes. It doesn't matter how you get your mail; you're likely bombarded with gift ideas. But ...

The Sears Wish Book was a one-time holiday staple, a door-stopper of a catalog that children would pour over and parents would browse for gift ideas. After abandoning the Wish Book several years ago, ...

The first Sears Christmas Book, in 1933, was a modest 87 pages. It offered fruitcakes and Mickey Mouse watches and live canaries. By 1968, the catalog had ballooned to 608 pages, and sold quilted ...

The first Sears Christmas Book, in 1933, was a modest 87 pages. It offered fruitcakes and Mickey Mouse watches and live canaries. By 1968, the catalog had ballooned to 608 pages, and sold quilted ...