Everyone,

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah …and a joyous New Year!

(Cowboy Skates by Jim Babchak, circa 1998.)

Why spend your Saturday nights home bidding on eBay?

…When you could out be out with your friends …wearing a brand new pair of cowboy boots, and stirrin’ up a little trouble?!

Good news. Now you can buy boots just like those worn by celebrity stylemaker Jessica Simpson without all the hassle.

This month, Jessica has debuted her own line of fashion footwear. Her “Daisy” boot is a western inspired leather cowboy boot with a round toe and 3″ stacked heel.

Styled after that hard-to-miss pair she wore in her These Boots Were Made For Walking video…this boot now comes in four colors: black, red, turquoise, and light brown…and even comes in another slightly slouchier version.

Find your size and favorite color…then buy ’em online, ‘cuz these boots are going to fly off store shelves!

• See all the styles and colors of Jessica Simpson boots.
• Click here for the story of Jessica’s original pair.

I’ve seen grown men get misty-eyed. I’ve heard them pause… and clear their throats while telling me about their first pair of cowboy boots.

Everybody remembers their first pair.

I met a longtime Hollywood stuntman, a man who makes his living gettin’ shot off of horses. He told me about his first pair of boots…

“I can still picture the cardboard box they came in. Man, I loved those boots… they were yellow with pointed toes and short tops. I slept with them under my pillow, because I didn’t want anyone to steal ’em.”

Kids love cowboy boots…and Tenderfoot makes great little boots. They build ’em just “like they used to” (…to be honest, much better than that.)

You need sturdy footwear for big adventure.

Tenderfoot boots are made of calf-skin. Leather tops, leather linings, piping, trim and strong stitched leather pulls. They’ve got genuine leather soles, a traditional rolled shank, wooden pegs and stacked leather heels. Just like grown-up boots.

These are the kind of boots, that keep looking better with age and will stretch ‘n’ give a little until that fateful day when your little cowpoke truly outgrows ’em.

And unlike most vinyl and plastic versions you see on the shelves, these boots can be resoled and worn by siblings. These are the boots that turn into family treasures.

(The little worn-out red boots are author Tyler Beard’s first pair. Maker unknown.)

Tenderfoot’s “boy boots” come in strong superhero-type colors, bold blues and reds. Tenderfoot made a good choice in remaking the classic bluebird-o-happiness pattern —this time with the bird soaring up, not down. Yippee!!

Heather Upjohn, Designer/Owner of Tenderfoot, tells me that a girl’s pair of pink boots is among her bestsellers… a filigree design with silhouetted leaves and flowers in the tops. The vamps have inlay too, held in place with two rows of stitching (…one row more than any child’s boot I’ve ever seen.)

Visit www.tenderfootboots.com to see current styles, and to find your nearest retailer.