This image was taken from “A Charlie Brown Christmas” which aired in 1965.  

I hope you all have a good Christmas, and for the Finns celebrating tomorrow, “hyvää joulua!” 

Tonight before turning in, I was waylaid by nostalgia.  I was hunting for a photo and came across my favourite beagle, Snoopy, eccentric hero of the Peanuts, and a blast from my past, the Easy Bake Oven.  I had one of these until I worked out that the big oven produced better and more satisfying results.  It looked roughly like the photo, was that same horrible institutional swimming pool colour but was full of wonderous possiblities.  You could bake your own little cakes in it, all under the intense glare of a - well, an incandescent lightbulb actually.  The man who developed this exciting toy for girls (gender stereotyping was fully engaged), Ronald Howes also had a part in Play Doh and the Spirograph.  I wonder what happened to all the little girl’s who owned this oven, are they leading enchanted lives of domestic bliss?   

(For those who ended up here because they linked with the tag, girl’s toys and were looking for something different, I’m laughing!)