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♦ SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2006 6C FALEN From page 6C The museum believes that toys are an important part of children’s development and also American Pop Culture. Toys guide play and help develop imagination, cre ativity and thinking skills as well as socialization and fairness. Bear in mind, these are the classic toys and do not include the popular video game consoles of today which do not develop all of the above mentioned quali ties and may in fact prove to be harmful. I wouldn’t be surprised; however, that one day Atari, Nintendo and all those other game systems show up in the toy museum. They sure have evolved since the old days of “pong”! The National Toy Hall of Fame uses the following cri teria to determine if a toy is eligible for inclusion in the collection: ■ 1. Icon-status: the toy must be widely recognized, respected and remembered. ■ 2. Longevity: the toy is NOVELS From page 2C The woman disappears, then unexpectedly shows up at Foley’s doorstep on Christmas Eve, accompanied by a police officer. Richard Paul Evans says he wrote his first novel, 1995’s “The Christmas Box,” for his young daughters. Several books later comes his second Christmas novel, “Finding Noel” (Simon and Schuster), dedicated to his “staunch est supporter” and “biggest fan” _ his mother, June, who died in early 2006. “As she loved Christmas,” Evens writes in a readers’ note, “I chose to write a Christmas novel.” Crime knows no holi days, not even Christmas. In her fourth holiday who dunit, “A Christmas Secret” (Ballantine Books), Anne Perry borrows two charac ters from her long-running Your Wait is Almost Over! Waiting is always the hardest part. The New Bank In Town First Opening January 2007 FDIC more than a passing fad and has enjoyed popularity over many generations. ■ 3. Discovery: the toy fos ters learning, creativity, or discovery through play. ■ 4. Innovation: the toy profoundly changed play or toy design. A toy can be selected on the basis of just this category alone without meeting the first 3 criteria. The public can nominate a toy to the Strong Museum via the internet or mail and then an advisory commit tee made up of curators, educators and historians will review the submissions and make a recommenda tion to a National Selection Committee. This committee will vote on the item and if it gets a high number of votes, will become a “hall of fame” toy and be included for dis play at the museum. See if this list of “hall of famers” brings back any wonderful Christmas morn ing memories, (all of these toys are registered trade marks): alphabet blocks, Barbie, Bicycle, Candy Land Game, My favorite, the card “Inspector Pitt” series of Victorian mysteries and casts them as amateur sleuths. They are curate Dominic Corde and his wife, who are called from their London home to a quaint village to fill in while the local vicar, the Rev. Wvnter, is off on Christmas vacation. But Mrs. Corde soon finds Wynter out cold, brutally murdered, in the subcellar of the vicarage. Christmas crime in a warmer clime is found in “Santa Cruise” (Simon & Schuster) by mystery novel ists Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark. It’s the fourth Christmas mystery for the mother-and daughter team. “We wrote our first holiday mystery together in 2000 and had a lot of fun with it,” they said. “We plan to continue writ ing them.” Their book teams ama teur sleuth Alvirah Meehan 1400 Sam Nunn Blvd. Perry, GA, 31069 Member board box (yes!), checkers, Crayola crayons, Duncan Yo- Yo, Easy Bake Oven, Erector Set, Etch a Sketch, Frishee, GI Joe, Hula Hoop, Jack in-the Box, Jacks, Jigsaw Puzzles, Jump Rope, LEGO, Lionel Trains, Lincoln Logs, Marbles, Monopoly, Mr. Potato Head, Play-Doh, Radio Flyer Wagon, Raggedy Ann. Rocking Horse, Roller Skates, SCRABBLE, Silly Putty, Slinky, Teddy Bear, Tinkertoy, Tonka Trucks and the View Master. I am pretty sure when I go to my mom’s house for Christmas, I can find just about every one of the above mentioned toys still tucked away in the basement, ahhh the wonder years! Merry Christmas and Happy Collecting! Jillinda Falen is the owner of Carrie Lynn’s Antiques in Perry. She has been collecting and selling antiques for 22 years and is an estate liquidation special ist. You may contact her via the Houston Daily Journal, www.antiquesingeorgia.com or carrielynns(a alltel. net (from Mary’s books) and professional private eye Regan Reilly (from Carol’s books), who are enjoying a Christmas cruise to the Caribbean on the ship’s maiden voyage when two escaped criminals, smuggled aboard by the owner’s nefar ious nephew, start stirring up trouble. The Higgins Clarks find no mystery, however, in the popularity of Christmas nov els: “Just as people enjoy watching Christmas movies at this time of year, it seems that they enjoy reading a variety of books around the holidays to help them get into the Christmas spirit.” Subscribe today! Call 987-1823 LIFESTYLE -mn- Us A\ h ° ho ho! 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