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| Publication | November 1947 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
| Notes | Cover says "by Walt Kelly." |
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| Featuring | Christmas With Mother Goose |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Children | Characters: The Three Blind Mice [Miney; Meeney; Moe] |
| Notes | Cover says "by Walt Kelly." |
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| Text Story | Remembering (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Remembering to do chores becomes easier right before Christmas. |
| Content | Genre: Children |
| Notes | Inside front cover; black, white, and red. Poem with several illustrations. |
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| Comic Story | Mother Goose Helps Santa (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | With Christmas coming up, the Black Giant kidnaps Santa's helpers and is holding them for ransom. Mother Goose comes by and comes up with a plan where she will dress up as Santa to fool the Black Giant. She takes the Giant on a tour of the Candy Mine and tricks him into falling into the taffy springs. |
| Credits | Job #: C.M.G. 172-4711 |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Santa Claus; Mother Goose; the Black Giant |
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| Text Story | My Little Pony (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A father's attempt to stand on a rocking horse to trim the Christmas tree ends badly. |
| Content | Genre: Children |
| Notes | Poem with two illustrations. |
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| Text Story | Old Granny Hipple Hopple (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A nonsense verse about what would happen if Christmas came at Easter-time. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Old Granny Hipple Hopple; Santa Claus; Easter Bunny |
| Notes | Poem with three illustrations. |
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| Comic Story | Goosey Gander's Gift (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The farmer intends to have Goosey Gander for Christmas dinner. The Fox invites Goosey to stay at his house, but intends to have the gander for HIS dinner. |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Goosey Gander; Pansy Pig; Mr. Fox |
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| Comic Story | A Crooked Party (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | A Christmas-themed take-off on the nursery rhyme "There Was a Crooked Man." |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Santa Claus |
| Notes | Panel format with illustrations corresponding to one line of the poem. |
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| Text Story | Tommy Tucker's Song (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | A poem called "If Every Day was Christmas". |
| Content | Genre: Children |
| Notes | Poem with illustrations. |
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| Text Story | A Bear For Bed (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A little girl takes a stuffed bear to bed with her. |
| Content | Genre: Children |
| Notes | Poem with five illustrations. |
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| Comic Story | The Three Blind Mice and a Christmas Deed (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Three Blind Mice, who aren't really blind, visit Mother Hubbard, only to find that she has no food. During the night they take some of her needlework to the butcher shop to trade for some meat, but are interrupted when they make too much noise. |
| Featuring | The Three Blind Mice |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: The Three Blind Mice [Miney; Meeney; Moe]; Mother Hubbard; Dan (her dog); Morris |
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| Text Story | Rub-a-Dub-Dub (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A Christmas-themed version of the nursery rhyme "Rub-a-Dub-Dub". |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Poem with three illustrations. |
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| Text Story | My Favorite Tree (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A little girl's favorite tree is a Christmas tree. |
| Content | Genre: Children |
| Notes | Poem with four illustrations. |
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| Comic Story | Little Jack Horner's Christmas Pie (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Little Jack Horner puts in an order for a pie at the Pieman's shop, where he meets Simple Simon. The two boys talk to Humpty Dumpty, but the egg falls off a window sill and cracks his head. Jack and Simon run off to get Jack and Jill to do repair work on Humpty, but find they are out of brown paper and vinegar--the materials they used to heal Jack when he fell down the hill. The Pieman comes to the rescue with a sticky pie that holds Humpty's head together. |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Little Jack Horner; The Pieman; Simple Simon; Humpty Dumpty; Jack; Jill |
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| Text Story | What's the Day? (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A boy and girl know it's Christmas, but their puppy doesn't. |
| Content | Genre: Children |
| Notes | Poem with four illustrations. |
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| Comic Story | Contrary Mary and the Angel (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mary is sent to her room for being contrary. There an angel takes her to "Contraria", a nightmarish land where every object can talk and always contradicts what Mary says. Mary learns her lesson and the angel brings her back to her room. |
| Content | Genre: Children; Fantasy | Characters: Contrary Mary |
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| Text Story | Christmas Eve (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A young boy tries to stay awake until Santa comes. |
| Content | Genre: Children |
| Notes | Inside back cover; black and white, with light red accents. Poem with four small illustrations. |
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| Text Story | The Merry Pigs (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A Christmas-themed version of the nursery rhyme "This Little Pig Went to Market." |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Notes | Back cover. Illustrations with text. |
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