Dear deer blanket

Andrew just recently discovered the Deer Blanket.  Enfolding himself in its warmth and softness, he says, "This came from Dorothy's house, didn't it." 
  But, no, it didn't.  Even though the blanket still looks and feels like new, this  blanket has been in the household for almost 40 years. An original "biederlack" throw made in West Germany of Acrilan, the label is still attached and somewhere in the house is a red plastic ID tag that came with it. The throw measures about 36 by 52 inches, is cream colored with full outlines of 2 brown deer.  It was a great wrap for those chilly evenings while watching TV.  But soon Child #1 appropiated it for her naptime, and within a year or so, there was serious sibling rivalry over the deer blanket, and who "had it first."  So of course there was an investment in another similar blanket, at least 2 more, one of them with a unicorn in blue tones: another may have been a bear.  By then, the biederlack brand had been copied, with varying results of comfort, washability, etc.  The original and impostor blankets wended their various ways to colleges, on trips, vacations, some of them never finding their way back home.  But for some reason, the one that remains in the house is the Deer Blanket, and is, remarkably, as soft and comfy as ever. 
   And so Dear Andrew, though the blanket may appear to be a recent purchase, by someone with a taste for fine things, this old deer blanket is the very one your mother used to cuddle up in for a peaceful nap, after she ripped it away from her little brother.