The Christmas catalogue game: circle what you wanted

Brightmore1985Lips phones, disco lights and the first stunt carsOpen 1985 ›
Brightmore1990Hand-held games, karaoke and water blastersOpen 1990 ›
Brightmore1995Password diaries, bedroom TVs and moon bouncersOpen 1995 ›
Brightmore1997The year of the virtual petOpen 1997 ›
Brightmore2000Scooters, gel pens and inflatable chairsOpen 2000 ›

Then make the real one, for Christmas 2026

This year the catalogue is your child’s: a wish book the whole family flicks through on their phones. Grandparents, aunties and friends circle what they’re buying, so nobody doubles up, and your child never sees who.

Make a wish book, free See an example

Brightmore is our own made-up catalogue: we photographed our own versions of the toys and gifts kids circled back then, as a homage to the catalogues we all grew up with. Prices are what they would have cost that year, roughly.