| Additional Information |
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| Publication | November 1946 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
| Notes | Tag on cover says "Illustrated by Walt Kelly." |
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| Featuring | Christmas With Mother Goose |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Santa Claus |
| Notes | Tag on cover says "Illustrated by Walt Kelly." |
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| Comic Story | How Many Miles to Babylon? (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Santa asks some children how far it is to Babylon. |
| Content | Characters: Santa Claus |
| Notes | Inside front cover; black, red, and white. |
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| Comic Story | On the Way to the Christmas Fair (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Characters from Mother Goose rhymes on their way to the fair. |
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| Comic Story | The Christmas Fair (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mother Goose characters at the fair. |
| Content | Characters: Jack Spratt; Old King Cole; Tommy Tucker; Queen of Hearts; Majorie Daw; the Pied Piper |
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| Comic Story | Riddles (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mother Hubbard lets the children read riddles from a book. |
| Content | Characters: Old Mother Hubbard; Peter Piper; Betty Blue; Tommy Stout |
| Notes | Answers to the riddles are on the inside back cover (Sequence 15). |
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| Comic Story | The Night Before Christmas (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | An old man recites "A Visit from St. Nicholas" to some children. |
| Content | Characters: Santa Claus |
| Notes | Adapted from the poem "A Visit from St. Nicolas" by Clement C. Moore. |
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| Comic Story | Mistress Mary (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | A sequel of sorts to the "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" nursery rhyme. |
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| Comic Story | Pie for a King (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Simple Simon brings pie to the elves that work for Santa Claus. |
| Content | Characters: Simple Simon |
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| Comic Story | Hey Diddle Diddle and Little Jack Horner (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | A short story combining the "Hey Diddle Diddle" and "Little Jack Horner" nursery rhymes. |
| Content | Characters: Little Jack Horner |
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| Comic Story | Old King Cole and the Limerick Game (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Characters from nursery rhymes recite limericks for King Cole. |
| Content | Characters: Old King Cole; Tom Tucker; Betty Blue; Georgie Porgie; Marjorie Daw; Tom Tom, the piper's son; Tommy Snooks; Betsy Brooks; Humpty Dumpty |
| Notes | Limericks are credited as being from "Edward Lear's Works." |
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| Text Story | To Market (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Illustrating the nursery rhyme "To Market, To Market." |
| Notes | Traditional lyrics by an unknown poet. |
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| Comic Story | Thimble Thatch (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Illustrating the nursery rhyme "Thimble Thatch." |
| Content | Characters: Thimble Thatch |
| Notes | Traditional lyrics by an unknown poet. |
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| Text Story | Hickory Dickory (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Illustrating the nursery rhyme "Hickory Dickory Dock." |
| Notes | Traditional lyrics by an unknown poet. |
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| Foreword/Afterword | The Last Arrival at the Fair (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Prologue to the next sequence. |
| Content | Characters: Santa Claus; Old King Cole; the Crooked Man |
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| Comic Story | Santa's Story (10 pages) |
| Content | Characters: Santa Claus; Winky; Pinky; Tinkle; Hoots |
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| Activity | Answers to Riddles (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Answers to the riddles from Sequence 4. |
| Content | Characters: Peter Piper; Betty Blue; Tommy Stout; Mother Hubbard |
| Notes | Inside back cover; black, red, and white. |
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| Text Story | Rub a Dub, Dub (1 page) |
| Synopsis | The nursery rhyme "Rub a Dub, Dub" given a Christmas twist. |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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