Dates
- Cover date
- September 2022
- On sale
- July 27, 2022
- In stores
- July 20, 2022
- Pages
- 196
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- Direct edition$8.99 cover
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Barcode 76281646952400911
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition$8.99 cover
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Barcode 07391746952909
This edition’s page - Canadian price edition8.99 CAD cover
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Stories
- Jingles' New Job · 5 pages
Jingles quits his job at the North Pole until he gets convinced otherwise by Sugarplum.
- X-Mess · 5 pages
During a school Christmas gift exchange, the tags to two of the gifts get mixed and Mr. Weatherbee gets the gift Veronica intended for Archie.
- Whatever Happened to Mom and Dad? · 6 pages
Fred and Mary remember back to when they were teenagers.
- Elf for a Day · 6 pages
Not knowing what to get Veronica for Christmas, Betty decides to offer to be her "Elf For a Day" and do her Christmas chores.
- Gift Exchange · 5 pages
After agonizing over gifts for their girlfriends, Chuck and Moose discover that they got the wrong items.
- The Turnabout · 5 pages
Jughead is annoyed when his friends drag him out Christmas caroling, and a series of disasters bears out his pessimism. But he changes his tune once he learns that they've gotten him out of the house in order to stage a surprise party for him.
- Holidaze · 1 pages
Archie hates holiday shopping until he admires the gift wrapping girl.
- A Dreamy Teen Christmas · 11 pages
Betty and Veronica get to do their favorite thing - shop; but this time for Christmas donations for Riverdale's Festival of Trees.
- It's the Thoughtlessness That Counts · 5 pages
Archie gets the girls' Christmas presents mixed up.
- Festive Foul Up · 5 pages
When Betty and Veronica find out that Mr. Brimble has been fired as the store Santa Claus they threaten to shop elsewhere unless he is reinstated.
- Crass Lass · 0.5 pages
Veronica has the post-Christmas blues.
- Bestow Woe · 0.5 pages
Veronica has low expectations when it comes to the gifts Archie gives her.
- A Model Gift · 6 pages
Archie and Reggie play with the model racing cars Archie got for Christmas. When they decide to race for the right to date Veronica, she makes them race with the similar cars she got as a gift.
- Tree Trauma · 5 pages
Archie and Jughead try to decorate the fir tree outside the Lodge Mansion.
- Yule Holi-Daze · 6 pages
Archie helps Santa deliver his rounds with the rocket-powered snowmobile he's been tinkering with.
- Close Trim! · 5 pages
In another desperate attempt to ingratiate himself to Mr. Lodge, Archie decides to give the Lodge Christmas tree a makeover.
- Holiday Surprise · 5 pages
Betty and Ethel discuss how Archie has "finally" given up on dating Veronica.
- Yule Tube · 5 pages
Archie makes a video of Fred playing Santa Claus.
- In The Mood · 6 pages
Veronica refuses to tell anyone why she is furious, so Mr. Lodge has to play detective.
- It's Nice to Be Good, for Nothing · 5 pages
Archie and Jughead help Mr. Weatherbee and Miss Grundy shovel the snow from their sidewalks.
- Helpless Helpers · 6 pages
Jughead intends to play Santa (with Hot Dog as his reindeer) for the children at the local hospital, despite the derision everyone in the gang is giving him.
- The Believer · 5 pages
Veronica finds out Betty still mails letters to Santa Claus.
- The Christmas Wish · 5 pages
Santa gets a delayed in the mail letter from a seven-year-old Betty and sets out to grant her past Christmas wish in the present.
- A Really Special Gift · 5 pages
When Archie spends all of his money on an expensive present for Veronica, he has to come up with an inexpensive gift idea for Betty. He finds one that comes from the heart, and that the whole gang helps him with.
- Holiday on The High Seas · 11 pages
The Lodge family is taking a cruise for Christmas vacation but Veronica is sad that she's going to miss Christmas with her friends. However, the gang (The Archies) manage to get a carolling gig on the cruise ship and spend Christmas with her.
- Merry Merchant · 5 pages
Betty and Veronica convince Pop to dress up as Santa as a way to attract business to the Chok'lit Shoppe for the holidays.
- The Perfect Gift! · 6 pages
Due to a tight budget, Riverdale's Senior Center won't be able to get gifts for the residents or a tree this year for Christmas. So, Betty rallies the gang together, and they give the seniors a Christmas to remember.
- She's Makin' A List.. · 5 pages
Veronica gives Archie a Christmas list but he can't afford anything on the list.
- Revival · 5 pages
Betty and Veronica start the day in a good mood but it slowly comes to a end.
- Gift Rift · 11 pages
Jughead buys a sweater for Hot Dog, and it matches Veronica's expensive new sweater. Enraged, she demands that he get rid of it before anyone else sees. Through a mix-up, she parades around proudly wearing the sweater with Hot Dog's name on the collar.
- Dreamland Drama · 6 pages
With Santa's workshop having gone high-tech and Santa-robots out delivering toys, there isn't anything for Santa to do so he drops by for a chat with Archie.
- The Unsung Hero · 5 pages
Betty agrees to babysit Hot Dog for a few days. While he's there, Hot Dog surreptitiously gives Betty low-cost gift-giving hints.
Publisher’s description
Archie Comics is getting into the holiday spirit early this year—so early, that we’re ready to celebrate Christmas in July! Go surfin‘ with Santa, enjoy hot cocoa on the beach and open presents in paradise with this collection of holiday stories sure to warm your heart while you’re tanning in the sun!