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My daily trip to the mailbox tells me the holiday season is gearing up: The catalogs are starting to pour in.  Our first toy catalog of the season was HearthSong, which was one of my favorites when I was a child.  Faith and Eric have already been through it several times, picking out all of the things they want, virtually all of which are impractical: trampolines, big inflatable balls you can climb into, zip lines which I explained had to actually be attached to something, puppet theaters, giant bowling games, chairs that hang from the ceiling....