The following is a weekly 60 Minutes commentary by CBS News correspondent Andy Rooney. I get a lot of catalogs at this time of year. I never buy anything in any of them but that doesn't seem to ...

The following is a weekly 60 Minutes commentary by CBS News correspondent Andy Rooney. I get a lot of Christmas catalogs with hundreds of gift ideas in them and I like getting them because there are ...

Cyber Monday has claimed a popular tradition at my house: shopping by catalog. Admittedly, eight Harry & David catalogs was seven too many, but I went for my pile of catalogs this weekend, and there ...

Before online shopping, the holiday season began when glossy catalogs arrived at the doorstep. In the 1970s, these catalogs were cultural events packed with toys, fashions, gadgets, and wild retro ...

Remember opening up your mailbox to discover your eagerly anticipated Christmas catalog? Children would excitedly flip through the pages to select items for their letters to Santa or identify ...

Charity gift catalogs, those glossy publications that offer people the chance to donate a sheep or to educate a girl instead of buying a Cuisinart or an iPhone, are a growing part of year-end fund ...

Congress may be concerned about invasive consumer privacy issues, but those concerns seem to be misplaced. Holiday catalogs clog my mailbox and I wonder about the recipient. Who is this person who ...

September in the 1960s meant the changing of the seasons, a new school year and the arrival of the coveted Christmas catalogs. For many baby boomers, these toy-filled dream books from Montgomery Ward, ...

There’s a special place in Lititz, Lancaster County, where the tradition of the Christmas toy catalog is alive and prospering. Toy enthusiasts – young and old – await the arrival of the annual Outback ...

We get a lot of catalogs at my house. I’m not sure why. Has the Christmas shopping season extended out this far? The most probable explanation is that we occasionally order stuff from a catalog.