Favorite Toy Marx Christmas Memory
For over 50 years, the toys of Louis Marx & Co were a part of Christmas mornings for generations of children around the world!!! During the 1950's and 60's, it was stated that one-third of all toys in the U.S. were Marx toys. And in the 1955 issue of Time Magazine, Louis Marx was reported to be the real life Santa to thousands of children through his donations of toys to organizations and orphanages throughout the world.
As the Christmas season is now upon us, we reminisce those childhood memories of waking up on Christmas morning with gifts neatly wrapped under the tree. For many, the world was a different time, when getting a gift or a toy was NOT an everyday reward as it often is today, but it was a time when children would wait all season long for that special toy - making the holidays all the more memorable!!!
What Marx toys were a part of your Christmas memories???
This picture was sent to the Marx Toy Museum by a fellow Marx collector and was included in History chapter of the Marx Toy Museum DVD Volume I.
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(with me due to be released the next day) a nurse's aid left the locking latch on the rail sided children's bed in which I slept, unsecured, In the night I woke up and stood up in bed and leaned against the railing which, of course, collapsed and pitched be
out of bed on my noggin'. Luckily I was hard headed even then and got off with nothing more than a concussion. Unfortunately, having the concussion meant I had to stay another few days in the hospital because they didn't know how seriously I had been hurt
and wanted to keep me around for a while. I got ice cream Christmas Eve, and a visit from not only my mom, but my aunt's and uncles each with a little gift. Most of the gifts were bags of toy soldiers, cowboys, or knights. Some were Marx, some Lido, some Ideal,
some Tim-Mee, but all were cherished and well played with for years to come. Christmas morning brought a visit from Santa Claus and the two doctor's who owned the hospital. From them, I got a Marx Army and Air Corps playset, a Marx Western Ranch, a huge metal
airliner, and a couple other things which have slipped from my memory. I was hooked and from that time until the Christmas before I I graduated high school in 1969, I asked for Marx playsets for Christmas. Each one carefully selected from the pages of the
Sears, Wards or Penney's catalogs and prayed for relentlessly. 1967 and 1968 turned up dry because mom thought I was getting too old for toys. (The toy collecting thing hadn't been thought up yet) I bought sets for myself in 1972 and 1973 in anticipation of
having my own children to give the sets to. My grandkids and I play with them even now and wish that all the new stuff from CTS and Conte, etc. was just a bit less expensive so we could have more of it. The days of $.99 bags and $5.00 play sets are, sadly,
gone but we still have our memories to which we cling. There is never a guilty feeling doctor around when you need one. Merry Christmas to all. Mom stopped getting them for me in 1967
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bagatelles to Johnny West and Stony, onto slot car sets as I entered my teen years. Great memories and fun with Marx. Continued success with the museum - I hope to visit someday! Jim
and remember this like it was yesterday. Today I write about those experiences and those toys in Old Autos newspaper in the column Pollution Free Motoring. It is still a lot of fun. Cheers Alvin Shier, Canmore, Alberta, Canada.