Dates
- Cover date
- November 1949
- On sale
- October 11, 1949
- Pages
- 52
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- Christmas in the Heart · 1 pages
Christmas at the rich, the poor, and the city and what unites it all.
- Santa's First Helper · 12 pages
Puggy Pink, a dwarf, volunteers to be Santa's first helper in making toys. Santa leaves him at a little girl's house to be a temporary fill-in for the doll that isn't ready at Christmas.
- A Visit from Saint Nicholas · 5 pages
A man is awoken by the arrival of Saint Nicholas.
- The Land Without Christmas · 6 pages
Santa uses a rocket to take a test trip to a distant star and a land ruled by the bad-humored King Pepy. The inhabitants knew of Santa but the land had been too far away for Santa to visit previously. When Santa doesn't have any presents for them, they become angry and Santa is forced to hitch a ride home on a shooting star.
- Santa Claus and Timothy's Horse · 10 pages
Selfish Timothy Tucker redeems himself in Santa's eyes by giving away his prized (but broken) rocking horse to firemen who are repairing toys to give as Christmas gifts.
- Albert and Pogo's Christmas · Albert and Pogo · 12 pages
Albert dresses up to play Santa Claus for the swamp's children.
- Long, Long Ago · 1 pages
- Christmas Carol [As Joseph Was A-Walking] · 1 pages
The story of Christ's birth in a stable.
Characters
Reprinted in
Walt Kelly's Santa Claus Adventures (1990), Walt Kelly's Pogo (2014)