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Issue Details

Issue #1154
Published December 1960
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "SANTA CLAUS FUNNIES, No. 1154." Code number is S.C.F.O.S. #1154-6012. Copyright 1960 by Western Printing & Lithographing Co.

Cover Details

Characters Santa Claus
Genre fantasy
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)
Notes Indicia title is "SANTA CLAUS FUNNIES, No. 1154." Code number is S.C.F.O.S. #1154-6012. Copyright 1960 by Western Printing & Lithographing Co.

1 page activity "What's Wrong in Santa's Workshop?"

Characters Santa Claus; Mrs. Claus
Synopsis A "find the errors" drawing of Santa and Mrs. Claus in their home.
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Text and illustration.

7 page story "Pierre's Christmas Present"

Synopsis Pierre, a pampered poodle, helps get two stray dogs released from the dog pound on Christmas Eve.

7 page story "Santa's Problem"

Characters Santa Claus; Mrs. Claus
Synopsis The Arctic Polar Bears League gives Santa a petition requesting him to use polar bears instead of reindeer to pull his sleigh this Christmas. Santa tries to find other ways for them to be helpful.

7 page story "Jon the Whittler"

Characters Jon the whittler; Einer the Elf
Synopsis A boy named Jon spends all his time whittling toys and little wooden animals for the village children. His parents apprentice the boy to a clockmaker, and Jon must hide his whittling. An elf comes to him in the night and requests that Jon whittle a little village for him, complete with animals. Jon complies and the elf helps him become the royal toymaker at the palace.
Genre period; fantasy

4 page story "A Surprise for Santa"

Characters Santa Claus
Synopsis The elfs make a perfect model of Santa's house to give to him as a present. However a mouse family moves into the model before the elves can give it to Santa.

7 page story "Xavier Patch"

Synopsis Two orphans spend Christmas with a mailman and his wife. While there they learn about Xavier Patch, a recluse, who has no friends. The orphans decide that Mr. Patch needs to receive some presents on Christmas, too.

1 page activity "Race Santa to the North Pole"

Characters Santa Claus (cameo)
Synopsis A racing game along a numbered trail to the North Pole.
Notes Inside back cover; black and white.

1 page Schwinn Bicycles advertisement "Schwinn Debutante"

Letters typeset
Notes Back cover. Ad for Schwinn Debutante model girls bicycle for $69.95. Arnold, Schwinn & Co., Chicago, Ill.