All I want for christmas

Attention young couples. I think its a great idea to take pictures every year of kids with their christmas and birthday presents. It brings back a lot of memories. (We should have done it.) Two things about this picture. . .

1. The TV in the left corner. This photo is from '56 or '57. This has to be a TV from the first five years or so of production? The TV box is about the size of a small freezer but the screen is like about 12 inches. In Alaska TV didn't come on until about 4 in the afternoon. We would sit down in front of the TV half an hour early and watch the test pattern eagerly awaiting the 4 o clock cartoons. When it came on we'd clap and cheer.

2. TV tie-ins to toys are nothing new. I see, at least, two Davy Crocket rifles, a pair of Davy Crocket moccasins, a Dragnet crime lab, a Lone Ranger something or other, and Mickey Mouse color crayons on the fake mantel.