Indicia title is "SANTA CLAUS FUNNIES, No. 61." Code number is S.C.F. 61-4412. Copyright 1944 by Oskar Lebeck. On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1944 Pamphlets, page 655.
Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Text and illustrations.
Comic Story
How Santa Got His Red Suit (11 pages)
Synopsis
Years ago, Santa did not always wear a red suit. One Christmas eve, Jack Frost steals his sleigh and toys and leaves Santa stranded. He finds refuge at a tiny house full of elves. The elves make toys for the children of the forest and Santa tries to make clothes for the elves from his own garments. The elves convince a passing giant to let them cut out an outfit for Santa from the giant's red coat.
Genre
Fantasy
Characters
Santa Claus; Jack Frost; Bundle-Crunch; Pinkywink; Timbertop the Giant
Two quarrelsome knights divide the village of Benn in half. As time goes by the village falls away from the Christian religion and becomes a cruel, violent place. One Christmas a strange boy appears, who stops all the aggression in the children and leads them to the Chapel in the Wildwood. Their parents come looking for them and find the children singing hymns together. The villagers vow to change their ways and return to the church.
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Script paid on March 1, 1944. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).
Text Story
The Little Fir Tree (4 pages)
Synopsis
A little fir tree is taken from the forest to become a Christmas tree.
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Script paid March 8, 1944. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).
Text Story
Why Do the Bells of Christmas Ring? (1 page)
Synopsis
Illustrated Christmas hymn "Why Do the Bells of Christmas Ring?"
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