Dates
- Cover date
- December 1952
- On sale
- October 17, 1952
- Pages
- 100
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- The Christmas Angel · 6 pages
Betsey is chosen by her teacher to play the Christmas Angel in the school play.
- A Letter to Santa · Jingle and Bell · 8 pages
- The Old-Fashioned Tree · 5 pages
- Why Santa Chose the Reindeer · 8 pages
Santa Claus' 8 elves go to different countries to find an appropriate animal to lead his sleigh. All fail, until the first elf, Ahah, returns and finds a reindeer.
- The Search for the Lucky Tree · 11 pages
Santa Claus tells Jingle and Bell how he got started delivering toys. It began when he was just a little boy. They go to Mother Goose Land to find The Lucky Tree.
- A Party for Uncle Benno! · 6 pages
Mr. Benno, owner of the town's bakery, is all alone before Christmas, with his children still in Europe. One night, his baked characters (a chocolate Santa Claus, and a gingerbread boy, etc.) come to life and decide to help make it a merry Christmas for him.
- The Santa Claus Show · 3 pages
- The Painted Penguins · Crystal Snowflake · 6 pages
Santa Claus sends Crystal to find good place for a branch office. Heading far south, his plane crashes near a colony of white penguins. They're unhappy about their lack of coloring, so Crystal paints them partially black. They're so thankful, they create a South Pole branch of Santa Claus Industries.
- Jingle and Bell · 1 pages
- Alice at the North Pole · 6 pages
Alice wants to have the biggest peppermint stick in the world. She falls asleep and dreams that the Walrus and the Carpenter take her to the Arctic where she can find it.
- Fireman, Save My Cake! · The Three Mice · 7 pages
- Low Marks on the High Seas · Captain Rover · 6 pages
Rover, a school boy, gets bored during history class, and daydreams he's a mess boy on Francis Drake's ship, and that he saves the ship from pirates.
- Never-Never Land · 6 pages
Two children find an odd baby bird, and take it to the Old Story-Teller who explains that it's a baby quinkle bird, and tells them a story about a giant quinkle bird in Never-Never Land.
- An Adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol · 10 pages