Archie's Holiday Fun Digest
#9
[Newsstand]
(December 2004)
Archie,
1997 Series
- Price
- 2.39 USD; 2.89 CAD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- once a year
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library
- Barcode
- 071896468663 09
- Editing
- Nelson Ribeiro; Victor Gorelick
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Christmas tree ornaments with Archie characters faces
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Dilton Doily; Reggie Mantle; Chuck Clayton; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hot Dog; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Keywords
- Christmas tree; ornaments
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Only They Could Appreciate It!
Betty & Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Pop Tate; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jeeves; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Veronica shows Betty that the hassle of holiday shopping is half the fun.
- Keywords
- Christmas shopping; gift; mall; present
Confusion
Ethel / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Word scramble. Ethel doesn't know what to get Jughead for Christmas.
- Reprints
-
in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #276 (January 2020)
-
Holiday Fashions
Veronica / illustration / 1 page
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Three holiday fashions.
Helpless Helpers
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Hot Dog; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Jughead intends to play Santa (with Hot Dog as his reindeer) for the children at the local hospital. He ends up attracting all the neighborhood dogs.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #217 (February 1974)
-
- Keywords
- charity; Christmas; Santa
Christmas Scandal
Sabrina / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman
- Synopsis
- Decode the symbols to find out Sabrina's Christmas scandal.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #279 (February 2020)
-
Open and Shut Case
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- Jinx takes her gifts labeled "Do Not Open Until X-mas" to get an x-ray.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #453 (December 1976)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; gift; present; x-ray
Betty and Veronica's Christmas Fashions
Betty and Veronica / illustration / 2 pages
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Keywords
- brick wall; Christmas ornaments; gift; present; Santa
Appeal Zeal
Ethel / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Ethel asks Santa for 52 dates.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #216 (December 1973)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; wish list
Yule Fool
Big Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Moose dresses up as Santa.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #216 (December 1973)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; costume; cue card; Santa
Holi-daze part 1 and 2
Cheryl Blossom / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Cheryl Blossom; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Jason Blossom; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Clifford Blossom; Penelope Blossom; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Cheryl, Veronica, and Betty are all having competing Christmas parties on the same night.
- Reprints
- from Cheryl Blossom (Archie, 1997 series) #28 (January 2000)
-
- Keywords
- blackout; caroling; Christmas party; hair salon; robot; sing; song; swan
Holiday Style
Betty and Veronica / illustration / 1 page
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #276 (January 2020)
- in Archie 80 Years of Christmas (Archie, 2021 series) (2021)
-
- Keywords
- candy cane
Hint, Hint
Hot Dog / activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Hot Dog
- Synopsis
- Word scramble. Find out what Hot Dog wants for Christmas.
X-Mess
Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- During a school Christmas gift exchange, the tags to two of the gifts get mixed up and Mr. Weatherbee gets the gift Veronica intended for Archie.
- Reprints
- from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #95 (January 2000)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas gift exchange; present; Secret Santa
Well, Come!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- Jinx is concerned about Santa finding her house in the snow.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #24 (February 1973)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; snow shovel
The Invasion of the Herbees part 1 and 2
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- The gang is excited about the new Herbee toy craze which starts to take over their lives.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica Spectacular (Archie, 1992 series) #39 (January 2000)
-
- Keywords
- craze; fad; food fight; toy
Indexer Notes
"Herbees" are a parody of the Furby toy.
[no title indexed]
Betty / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Betty please!! It just isn't being done
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Santa Claus
- Synopsis
- Betty wants Archie for Christmas.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #31 (January 1965)
-
- Keywords
- Santa; wish list
Cheryl's Holiday Fashions
Cheryl Blossom / illustration / 1 page
- Characters
- Cheryl Blossom
- Reprints
- from Cheryl Blossom (Archie, 1997 series) #20 (March 1999)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas ornaments; Christmas tree sweater
Fantasy Frolic
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Santa Claus
- Synopsis
- After Christmas, Betty makes her Christmas list for next year.
- Reprints
- from Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #120 (April 1993)
-
- Keywords
- astronaut; bowling; calendar; clock; deck of cards; gingerbread house; sweater
It's Their Miserable Lives! part 1 and 2
Cheryl Blossom / comic story / 17 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Cheryl Blossom; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jason Blossom; Cedric; Jughead Jones; Clifford Blossom; Reggie Mantle; Cheryl's guardian angel
- Synopsis
- Cheryl invites Archie and his friends to her New Year's Eve party because of her New Year's resolution. Features a reprint of the story "Fall Guys" as a flashback within the main story. Cheryl's guardian angel shows her how her friends' lives will turn out in the future if she doesn't meddle with them.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #530 (September 1983)
-
- Keywords
- beach; mayor; model; mud; New Years; party; townie; wrestling match
Indexer Notes
Spoofs Revlon as "Revon", Glamour magazine as "Glamor-us", McCall's magazine as "Macole", YM magazine as "Young and Hip", Seventeen magazine as "Umpteen", Mademoiselle magazine as "Mam'zel", National Inquirer as "National Intruder", Haagen-Dazs as "Hagen does", Pizza Hut as "Pizza Condo", Hostess snacks as "Mostess Snacks", Hershey's chocolate as "Hess's Choco", and Kentucky Fried Chicken as "Colonel Chicken."
A Good Year!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Greg
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx drawn a calendar full of Decembers so that Christmas will come every month.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #158 (January 1969)
-
- Keywords
- calendar; Christmas
New Year's Wishes
Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda; Aunt Zelda; Harvey Kinkle; Salem
- Synopsis
- Sabrina learns that on New Year's Eve her power will automatically grant three wishes before midnight, but only to the person who is her true love.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1997 series) #22 (February 1999)
-
- Keywords
- New Year's; wish
Indexer Notes
A girl's headband and the TV screen both say 1999 which was not corrected when the story was reprinted in this 2003/2004 digest.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Christmas tree ornaments with Archie characters faces"]
Archie -
1.
Only They Could Appreciate It!
Betty & Veronica -
2.
Confusion
Ethel -
3.
Holiday Fashions
Veronica -
4.
Helpless Helpers
Jughead -
5.
Christmas Scandal
Sabrina -
6.
Open and Shut Case
Li'l Jinx -
7.
["Archie Comics Entertainment Presents an Exciting New Television Show Coming in 2005"]
-
8.
Betty and Veronica's Christmas Fashions
Betty and Veronica -
9.
Appeal Zeal
Ethel -
10.
Yule Fool
Big Moose -
11.
Holi-daze part 1 and 2
Cheryl Blossom -
12.
Holiday Style
Betty and Veronica -
13.
Hint, Hint
Hot Dog -
14.
X-Mess
Veronica -
15.
Well, Come!
Li'l Jinx -
16.
Christmas Chow!
Jughead -
17.
The Invasion of the Herbees part 1 and 2
Betty and Veronica -
18.
["Betty please!! It just isn't being done"]
Betty -
19.
Cheryl's Holiday Fashions
Cheryl Blossom -
20.
A Night to Remember
Archie -
21.
Fantasy Frolic
Betty -
22.
It's Their Miserable Lives! part 1 and 2
Cheryl Blossom -
23.
Editor's Notebook
Editor's Notebook -
24.
A Good Year!
Li'l Jinx -
25.
New Year's Wishes
Sabrina
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Mike Nielsen
- Kristin Kavanagh
- Katy Hayhurst
- Peter Croome
- Keith Alan Morgan
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