A Christmas Treasury #1

(1954)

Santa Claus (Table of Contents)

Santa Claus / text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Aquino (signed)

Inks:

Aquino (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Characters:

Santa Claus; Sinter Klaas; Father Christmas

Synopsis:

What Santa is like in various countries

Keywords:

Christmas; holiday; Santa Claus

Indexer Notes

Indicia this page (inside front cover)

The Christmas Story (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

C.T.A. #1-5411

Content Information

Characters:

Mary; Joseph; innkeeper; angels; shepherds; King Herod; Gaspar; Melchior; Balthasar

Synopsis:

Retelling of the birth of Jesus, as related in the Gospels of Luke and Matthew

Keywords:

Bible; Christmas; Gospel; Jesus; Nativity; New Testament

Christmas Around the World (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Aquino ?

Inks:

Aquino ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Christmas revelers

Synopsis:

Christmas customs around the world

Keywords:

Christmas; holiday

Indexer Notes

Artwork is very much in the style of the signed art in Seq. 2.

Santa and the Angel (Table of Contents)

Santa Claus / text story / 24 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Oscar Lebeck

Pencils:

Mo Gollub

Inks:

Mo Gollub

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

fantasy

Characters:

Littlest angel; friendly beasts; woodcutter; woodcutter's wife; Santa Claus

Synopsis:

As the angels polish stars on Christmas Eve, the littlest angel falls asleep on a cloud and drifts to earth. Friendly wild animals rescue him from snow and determine to deliver him to kindly woodcutters who are setting up their Christmas tree. Santa arrives with the woodcutters' gifts and returns the littlest angel to Heaven in time for the Christmas party.

Keywords:

angel; Christmas; Santa Claus

Indexer Notes

"'Santa and the Angel' from SANTA AND THE ANGEL, copyright, 1946, by Oscar Lebeck, copyright, 1949, by Western Printing & Lithographing Co."

The Night Before Christmas (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Clement C. Moore

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

C.T.A. #1-5411 (33)

Content Information

Genre:

fantasy

Characters:

Mama; Papa; children; Saint Nicholas

Synopsis:

The classic Christmas poem, illustrated

Keywords:

Christmas; holiday; poem; poetry; reindeer; Saint Nicholas; Santa Claus

Indexer Notes

The poem is not attributed in this issue, and its authorship has been disputed. It is, however, most generally considered to be the work of Clement C. Moore.

A Delightful Christmas Game (Table of Contents)

Santa Claus / activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Santa Claus

Synopsis:

A button-snapping game, based on Santa Claus

Keywords:

game; Santa Claus

["The First Nowell"] (Table of Contents)

text article / 20 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?; Phillips Brooks; John H. Hopkins; Edmund H. Sears; James Montgomery; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Isaac Watts; Cecil Frances Alexander; Martin Luther; Nicolai; Charles Wesley; Joseph Mohr; John M. Neale; Rev. Frederick Oakeley (translator)

Pencils:

?

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?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Twenty well-known Christmas hymns, with words, music, and illustrations.

Keywords:

carol; Christmas; holiday; hymn; music

Indexer Notes

"[R]eprinted by permission: Music for 'How Brightly Beams the Morning Star,' 'Good King Wenseclaus, and 'I Saw Three Ships' reprinted from CHRISTMAS CAROLS by Hendrik Willem Van Loon and Grace Castagnetta, by permission of Simon & Schuster, Inc. publishers. Copyright, 1937, by Hendrik Willem Van Loon." All others "from CHRISTMAS CAROLS, copyright MCMXXXVII, MCMXLII by Western Printing & Lithographing Co."

The Little Fir Tree (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

C.T.A. #1-5411 (65)

Content Information

Genre:

fantasy

Characters:

fir tree; forest animals; woodsman; servants; children; mice; grandfather

Synopsis:

A young fir tree sees other trees chosen and cut, and longs for their adventures. At length the fir is selected for a Christmas tree. A dislodged candle sets the tree afire, terrifying the children, but servants soon quench the flames. "The fir tree is happy because he has brought happiness to others and in doing so, has won it for himself."

Keywords:

Christmas; Christmas tree; holiday

["Eye Tricks!"] (Table of Contents)

activity / 4 pages (report information)

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Pencils:

?

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?

Content Information

Synopsis:

Three activities: optical illusions; rebus; mystery picture

A Christmas Carol (Table of Contents)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?; original story by Charles Dickens

Pencils:

Alberto Gioletti ?

Inks:

Alberto Gioletti ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Ebenezer Scrooge; Jacob Marley's ghost; Ghost of Christmas Past; Ghost of Christmas Present; Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come; Bob Cratchit; Tiny Tim; nephew Fred

Synopsis:

Retelling of the Dickens Christmas classic

Keywords:

Christmas; ghost; holiday; London; Victorian

Indexer Notes

Resembles Gioletti's work in other Dell/Western titles.

Hansy and the Spirit of Christmas (Table of Contents)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fantasy

Characters:

Hansy; Tyl; Spirit of Christmas

Synopsis:

The Spirit of Christmas changes Hansy to a snowbird, so he can see if the villagers have the Christmas spirit. Alas, Hansy learns that they are all self-centered and greedy. Changed back to a boy, Hansy and his dog Tyl start home but are soon trapped in a snowstorm. The villagers search for the missing boy, nurse him back to health, and give up what they've gained from Christmas to help and encourage him.

Keywords:

Christmas; dog; holiday; Netherlands

The Christmas Mouse (Table of Contents)

Santa Claus / comic story / 5.75 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fantasy

Characters:

Santa Claus; Cheddar mouse; Cheddar's nephews; juncos

Synopsis:

Santa Claus gives Cheddar a tiny sleigh and Santa Suit, so Cheddar can help him by being Santa to the mice. Juncos pull Cheddar's sleigh, but Cheddar's nephews won't take him seriously until Santa Claus confirms that Cheddar is in fact Santa for the mice.

Keywords:

Christmas; holiday; mouse; North Pole; Santa Claus

["Two of your favorites back again!"] (Table of Contents)

Santa Claus; Frosty the Snowman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page (report information)

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Pencils:

?

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?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Santa Claus; Frosty the Snowman

Synopsis:

Promo for Santa Claus Funnies and Frosty The Snowman from Dell Comics

Keywords:

Christmas; holiday; Santa Claus; snowman

How children all over the world say "Merry Christmas" (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Aquino ?

Inks:

Aquino ?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

"Merry Christmas" in various languages; border illustration

Keywords:

Christmas; holiday

Indexer Notes

Looks like Aquino's signed work from Seq. 2.

["Christmas is for cookies all sugary sweet."] (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Aquino ?

Inks:

Aquino ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Santa Claus

Synopsis:

Poem about Christmas

Keywords:

Christmas; holiday; Santa Claus

Indexer Notes

Border illustration looks like Aquino's signed work from Seq. 2.