Document Type
Division and Classification Essay
Publication Date
1986
Excerpt
I well remember how, as a child, I eagerly awaited the arrival of Christmas catalogs from various stores. With their yearly distribution, I began the anxious countdown to the Christmas season and anticipated the arrival of toys on Christmas morning. I spent hours paging through different catalogs, circling pictures of toys I wanted, writing and rewriting letters to Santa Claus. Of the thousands of toys advertised, my mind-with the thoroughness that belongs only to children-sorted them into groups: fad toys, educational toys, and basic toys. From these groups I picked out those toys that I hoped would be under the tree with my name on the tags come Christmas morning. I have outgrown most of my toys, but the toys sold to children today remain basically the same and can still be put into three different groups.
Recommended Citation
Olski, Jennifer, "All I Want for Christmas (1986)" (1986). The Valpo Core Reader. 484.
http://scholar.valpo.edu/core_reader/484