Countdown to Christmas: An Annual Event

One thing I always used to get at Christmas was a couple of Annuals.

That year’s TV21 Annual was always a must have, and if I was lucky maybe a weekly comic annual like Lion or Valiant, and if I’d been really good that year a TV tie - in annual like Voyage to the
Bottom of the Sea or The Avengers.

 

When I look at the annuals on offer for todays youngsters they just look like they threw them together with big splash photos and fancy graphics - all style over content.

 

The annuals from my day seemed to be put together with a little care and imagination, especially the Century 21 examples.

 

 

I still try to pick up the odd old cheap annual on eBay around this time of year just to remind me of those Xmas days gone by.