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| Publication | December 1945 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
| Notes | The cover has "Illustrated by Walt Kelly" in typeset letters.
Logo design credits from Todd Klein via his Facebook posting Comics Logos C #55: CHRISTMAS WITH MOTHER GOOSE on 20 August 2021. |
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| Cover | Christmas with Mother Goose |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Children | Characters: Santa Claus; Mother Goose |
| Notes | The cover has "Illustrated by Walt Kelly" in typeset letters.
Logo design credits from Todd Klein via his Facebook posting Comics Logos C #55: CHRISTMAS WITH MOTHER GOOSE on 20 August 2021. |
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| Foreword/Afterword | An Invitation (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Introduction to the comic, told in rhyme. |
| Notes | Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Text and illustrations. |
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| Comic Story | A Christmas Party (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mother Goose throws a Christmas party. |
| Content | Characters: Little Boy Blue; Jack Horner; Georgie Porgie; Old King Cole; Queen of Hearts; Jack; Jill |
| Notes | Text and illustrations. |
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| Activity | People at the Party (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Descriptions of nursery rhyme characters with a blank for their names. |
| Content | Characters: Wee Willie Winkie; Little Bo Peep; Simple Simon; Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater |
| Notes | Text and illustrations. |
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| Comic Story | Santa's Elves Meet Father and Mother Hubbard (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | In Mother Goose Land, Santa's elves help a poor shoemaker and his wife. In appreciation, the pair go with the elves to help in Santa's workshop. |
| Content | Genre: Children | Characters: Father Hubbard; Mother Hubbard; Polly Flinders; Georgie Porgie; Curlylocks; Santa Claus; Crinklewig |
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| Comic Story | Christmas Songs (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Illustrated versions of "Christmas is Coming" and "Little Jack Horner." |
| Content | Genre: Children | Characters: Jack Horner |
| Notes | Text and illustrations. Traditional lyrics from unknown poets. |
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| Comic Story | Christmas Shopping (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A mouse borrows a cat's hat to go Christmas shopping. |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Notes | Text and illustrations. |
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| Activity | Christmas Shopping List (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Characters from nursery rhymes with the question "What do our Mother Goose friends need?" |
| Content | Characters: Polly Flinders; Simple Simon; Betty Blue; Lucy Locket; Mother Hubbard; Tommy Tucker; Baby Bunting; Jack Spratt |
| Notes | Text and illustrations. |
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| Text Story | Nursery Rhymes (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Six nursery rhymes: Little Miss Muffet; Deedle, Deedle Dumpling; Jack Be Nimble; Jack and Jill; Georgie Porgie; and To Bed, To Bed. |
| Content | Genre: Children | Characters: Little Miss Muffet; Georgie Porgie; Jack; Jill |
| Notes | A two-page spread across the centerfold. Text and illustrations. Traditional lyrics from unknown poets. |
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| Comic Story | The Christmas Problem of the Woman in the Shoe (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Santa brings presents for the "17 girls and 25 boys" who lived with "the Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe." |
| Content | Genre: Children | Characters: Santa Claus |
| Notes | Text and illustrations. |
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| Comic Story | A Search for Santa (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Little Miss Muffet and Peter, Pumpkin Eater go searching for Santa Claus. |
| Content | Genre: Children | Characters: Miss Muffet; Peter, Pumpkin Eater; The Three Bears; Santa Claus |
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| Comic Story | The Animals' Christmas (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Animals from nursery rhymes celebrate Christmas. |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Children | Characters: Little Boy Blue; Three Blind Mice |
| Notes | Text and illustrations. |
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| Activity | A Christmas Rebus (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A letter from Santa in rebus form. |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Answers to the questions in Sequences 3 and 7 are printed at the bottom of the page. |
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| Synopsis | Promo for the issue set against a background of a Christmas tree decorated with tiny Mother Goose characters. |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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