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Publication | [December] 1946 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
Notes | Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
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Cover | Santa Claus Funnies |
Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Santa Claus |
Notes | Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
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Comic Story | Elf in Jack-in-Box (1 page) |
Synopsis | Santa mistakenly puts an elf in a jack-in-the-box. |
Featuring | Santa Claus |
Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Santa Claus |
Notes | Inside front cover; black, white, and red; pantomime story. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
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Comic Story | Santa and the Angel (26 pages) |
Synopsis | A group of angel babies are busy polishing the stars in preparation for Christmas. The littlest one becomes tired and falls asleep on a cloud that slowly drifts to Earth and lands in the middle of a snow-covered forest. The angel baby, who is naked, is cold and frightened and starts to cry. This attracts the animals of the forest who huddle around him to keep him warm. The animals decide to take him to the cabin of a woodchopper and his wife, who live at the edge of the forest. It is Christmas Eve and just as the animals reach the house, Santa and his reindeer arrive. |
Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Santa Claus; Santa's Reindeer [Donner; Dasher; Prancer; Vixen; Comet; Cupid; Dancer; Blitzen] (cameo) |
Notes | The first verse of the Christmas hymn "Silent Night" is part of the last page of the story. Forest animals are realistically drawn. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Panels with text beneath them, no panel borders. |
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Activity | Christ is Born: A Christmas Play (4 pages) |
Synopsis | Short play of the Nativity story. |
Notes | Text and illustrations. |
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Comic Story | To Santa's Rescue (9 pages) |
Synopsis | Tom Felding drives the "Dover Mail" stagecoach from London in a snowstorm on Christmas Eve. Along the way he is flagged down by Santa Claus, whose sled has a broken runner. Tom and six passengers from the stagecoach help Santa fix the sled runner and be on his way. |
Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Santa Claus; Tom Felding |
Notes | Illustrations with text beneath them. Text is written in rhyme. |
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Comic Story | Santa's Reindeer (2 pages) |
Synopsis | While waiting for Santa to make a delivery, one of his reindeer talks through a window to a child in his bed. |
Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Santa Claus; Donner; Dasher; Prancer; Vixen; Comet; Cupid; Dancer; Blitzen |
Notes | Poem with illustrations. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
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Comic Story | A Mouse in the House (7 pages) |
Synopsis | Returning from his night's work, Santa finds a mouse in his beard while getting ready for bed. He lets the mouse stay for the evening. |
Featuring | Santa Claus |
Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Santa Claus |
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Activity | Santa's torn sack (1 page) |
Synopsis | Santa's bag has torn and the toys have spilled. The reader is to find the toys hidden in the illustration and list them. |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Characters: Santa Claus |
Notes | Inside back cover; black, white, and red. |
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Text Story | O Come, Little Children (1 page) |
Notes | Back cover. Poem with illustrations of angel babies. |
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