Dates
- Cover date
- December 1948
- On sale
- November 16, 1948
- Pages
- 52
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- Santa as a Present · 1 pages
A little boy decides he wants a store Santa Claus as his present.
- Ticky Tack the Littlest Reindeer · 8 pages
Ticky Tack, a tiny reindeer, is too small to pull Santa's sleigh. One Christmas Santa forgets a toy sleigh and Ticky Tack and Shortbread the elf deliver it to its destination.
- Jingle Bells · 1 pages
Illustrated lyrics to the song "Jingle Bells."
- The Three Kings · 4 pages
How the three kings brought gifts to the newborn Christ child.
- Santa's New Suits · 10 pages
Nimble Needle, Santa's tailor, convinces Santa that he should wear the national dress of the various countries he visits. Reluctantly, he accepts the suggestion, only to find that people do not recognize him when he is not dressed in his red suit.
- Christmas in Many Lands · 2 pages
Christmas customs in different cultures.
- Petey Parrot's Christmas · 9 pages
Petey Parrot decides to play Santa for the mice children in his house.
- The First Nowell [The First Noel] · 2 pages
Lyrics to the Christmas carol, "The First Noel."
- A Sled from Santa · 3 pages
Tommy saves a little boy who had fallen through the ice, but in the process loses the new sled he had just received for Christmas.
- Dear Santa · 1 pages
Santa has to devise a way to deliver presents undersea to Willie and Billie Octopus.
- Santa's Sea Trip · 8 pages
In the early 1800s, a storm threatens to keep a frigate from reaching port for Christmas. Santa investigates, but is thrown from his sled by the storm and has to be rescued by the crew of the ship.
- Little Angels and Their Reflections · 1 pages
A little angel is frightened by its distorted reflection in a Christmas tree ornament.
- Merry Christmas · 1 pages
A poem about angels.
Characters
Reprinted in
Four Color (1947), Walt Kelly's Santa Claus Adventures (1990), The Great Treasury of Christmas Comic Book Stories (2010), The Great Treasury of Christmas Comic Book Stories (2018)