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Why ask Santa for a pony when you could order one through the mail?
There was a time when you could order live animals from a catalog (or from the back of a comic book!)( Read more... ) -
You got what in the mail?
OK I admit it, I was one of those kids who always wanted to send money to those ads in the back of the comic books for the sea monkeys & tea cup Chihuahuas etc.
Of course my mom (bless her) would never let me do it by telling me it was a scam or else pointing out that the comic was from 1966 and the mail-away offer was probably not valid in 1979!
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