Four Color
#172 - Christmas With Mother Goose
(November 1947)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- On-sale Date
- 1947-10-16
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
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A Dell Magazine [circle]
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Cover titles is "Christmas with Mother Goose by Walt Kelly". Indicia title is "CHRISTMAS WITH MOTHER GOOSE, No. 172". Code number is C.M.G. #172-4711. Copyright 1947 by Oskar Lebeck. On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1947 Pamphlets, page 435. Initial information for this index from e-mail on the error list from Greg Theakston (June 2006).
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Christmas With Mother Goose / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; children
- Characters
- The Three Blind Mice [Miney; Meeney; Moe]
- Keywords
- candles; Christmas; Christmas stockings; fables; fairy tales; mice
Indexer Notes
Cover says "by Walt Kelly."
Remembering
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Synopsis
- Remembering to do chores becomes easier right before Christmas.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black, white, and red. Poem with several illustrations.
Mother Goose Helps Santa
comic story / 10 pages
- Job Number
- C.M.G. 172-4711
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Santa Claus; Mother Goose; the Black Giant
- Synopsis
- With Christmas coming up, the Black Giant kidnaps Santa's helpers and is holding them for ransom. Mother Goose comes by and comes up with a plan where she will dress up as Santa to fool the Black Giant. She takes the Giant on a tour of the Candy Mine and tricks him into falling into the taffy springs.
My Little Pony
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Synopsis
- A father's attempt to stand on a rocking horse to trim the Christmas tree ends badly.
Indexer Notes
Poem with two illustrations.
Old Granny Hipple Hopple
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Old Granny Hipple Hopple; Santa Claus; Easter Bunny
- Synopsis
- A nonsense verse about what would happen if Christmas came at Easter-time.
Indexer Notes
Poem with three illustrations.
Goosey Gander's Gift
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Goosey Gander; Pansy Pig; Mr. Fox
- Synopsis
- The farmer intends to have Goosey Gander for Christmas dinner. The Fox invites Goosey to stay at his house, but intends to have the gander for HIS dinner.
- Reprints
in A Crooked Party
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Santa Claus
- Synopsis
- A Christmas-themed take-off on the nursery rhyme "There Was a Crooked Man."
Indexer Notes
Panel format with illustrations corresponding to one line of the poem.
Tommy Tucker's Song
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- children
- Synopsis
- A poem called "If Every Day was Christmas".
Indexer Notes
Poem with illustrations.
A Bear For Bed
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Synopsis
- A little girl takes a stuffed bear to bed with her.
Indexer Notes
Poem with five illustrations.
The Three Blind Mice and a Christmas Deed
The Three Blind Mice / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- The Three Blind Mice [Miney; Meeney; Moe]; Mother Hubbard; Dan (her dog); Morris
- Synopsis
- The Three Blind Mice, who aren't really blind, visit Mother Hubbard, only to find that she has no food. During the night they take some of her needlework to the butcher shop to trade for some meat, but are interrupted when they make too much noise.
Rub-a-Dub-Dub
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A Christmas-themed version of the nursery rhyme "Rub-a-Dub-Dub".
Indexer Notes
Poem with three illustrations.
My Favorite Tree
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Synopsis
- A little girl's favorite tree is a Christmas tree.
Indexer Notes
Poem with four illustrations.
Little Jack Horner's Christmas Pie
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Little Jack Horner; The Pieman; Simple Simon; Humpty Dumpty; Jack; Jill
- Synopsis
- Little Jack Horner puts in an order for a pie at the Pieman's shop, where he meets Simple Simon. The two boys talk to Humpty Dumpty, but the egg falls off a window sill and cracks his head. Jack and Simon run off to get Jack and Jill to do repair work on Humpty, but find they are out of brown paper and vinegar--the materials they used to heal Jack when he fell down the hill. The Pieman comes to the rescue with a sticky pie that holds Humpty's head together.
What's the Day?
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Synopsis
- A boy and girl know it's Christmas, but their puppy doesn't.
Indexer Notes
Poem with four illustrations.
Contrary Mary and the Angel
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- children; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Contrary Mary
- Synopsis
- Mary is sent to her room for being contrary. There an angel takes her to "Contraria", a nightmarish land where every object can talk and always contradicts what Mary says. Mary learns her lesson and the angel brings her back to her room.
Christmas Eve
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Synopsis
- A young boy tries to stay awake until Santa comes.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white, with light red accents. Poem with four small illustrations.
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Table of Contents
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Christmas With Mother Goose -
1.
Remembering
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2.
Mother Goose Helps Santa
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3.
My Little Pony
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4.
Old Granny Hipple Hopple
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5.
Goosey Gander's Gift
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6.
A Crooked Party
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7.
Tommy Tucker's Song
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8.
A Bear For Bed
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9.
The Three Blind Mice and a Christmas Deed
The Three Blind Mice -
10.
Rub-a-Dub-Dub
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11.
My Favorite Tree
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12.
Little Jack Horner's Christmas Pie
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13.
What's the Day?
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14.
Contrary Mary and the Angel
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15.
Christmas Eve
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16.
The Merry Pigs
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- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Michael Hoskin
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- Keith Alan Morgan
- Tony R. Rose
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