Amongst the upper working class, the argos catalogue featured as a central part of holiday (christmas esp.) life until perhaps the mid-2000s.
You could walk into any argos and take one of the 1000pg+ catelogues of massive pallets of them, and paw them over days.
The working class, typically unsentimental in the UK, would then purchase the child's designated item for xmas. The pretence of "santa clause", i think, more often a middle class ritual.
You could walk into any argos and take one of the 1000pg+ catelogues of massive pallets of them, and paw them over days.
The working class, typically unsentimental in the UK, would then purchase the child's designated item for xmas. The pretence of "santa clause", i think, more often a middle class ritual.