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| "Jingle Bells" (inside front page) and "Ting-A-Ling" (inside back page) drawn by Arthur E Jameson. |
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| "Santa's First Christmas Trip" looks like the work of Dan Noonan. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | November 1951 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
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| Featuring | Santa Claus Funnies |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Santa Claus |
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| Text Story | Jingle Bells (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Lyrics to the Christmas carol "Jingle Bells." |
| Credits | Script: James Lord Pierpont (original song) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Inside front cover in black and white. Song lyrics and illustrations. |
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| Comic Story | Christmas in the Circus (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | The circus animals have never celebrated Christmas before. Whiskers, a little tiger, somehow learns about the Christmas traditions and tells the other circus animal children. Their parents have to figure out a way to keep them from being disappointed. |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Santa Claus |
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| Comic Story | Santa's First Christmas Trip (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Santa works in a village of toymakers high in the mountains. He loves children, but doesn't have the skill to make toys. At Christmas time, he is chosen to take the load of toys to the city for the children. On the way, he is jumped by bandits, who take his clothes and dump his sleigh and scatter the toys. He struggles to gather and repair the toys despite freezing weather. An angel, impressed by his dedication, appears and gives him the skills of toy-making, his red suit, and the sleigh with flying reindeer. She declares he will bring joy to all children forever. |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Santa Claus (origin) |
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| Comic Story | The Big Christmas Robbery (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Two mice, who are traveling salesmen selling shoe polish, foil an attempt by two thugs to rob a train of presents intended for Santa Claus. |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Santa Claus |
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| Comic Story | Santa's Surprise (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Santa's elves surprise him with a party when he returns from his Christmas gift-giving trip. |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Santa Claus |
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| Text Story | Ting-A-Ling (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Christmas poem. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Santa Claus |
| Notes | Inside back cover in black and white. Poem and illustrations. |
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| Comic Story | Not Ready for Santa (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Jack and Jill build a fire in the fireplace. Santa blows out the fire and the ensuing smoke conceals his visit to the home. |
| Featuring | Jack and Jill |
| Content | Genre: Children; Fantasy | Characters: Santa Claus; Jack; Jill |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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