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Archie / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Golly! I hope you two are having as much fun as I am!
  • Keywords:Christmas; Christmas tree
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Indexer Notes

Redrawn from the cover of Archie Giant Series Magazine #159

Issue Data

  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: bi-monthly
  • Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
  • Printer: ?
  • Barcode: 0271000699402

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Inside front cover.

Look Who's Here
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Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Merry Christmas!
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Synopsis:
Archie is so clumsy that Veronica asks him to leave her house until his enthusiasm wanes.
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Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

A Question of Answers
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Jughead / comic story / 5 pages

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One stranger after another comes up to Archie and Jughead pulling a stupid old joke that begins with a question ("Can you tell me how to get to Sam's Sauna Salon" or "Do you have the time?"). Finally they vow to get the next person who tries to pull that joke on them.
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Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

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Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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Mr. Weatherbee in a sled.

Helpless Helpers
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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Jughead intends to play Santa (with Hot Dog as his reindeer) for the children at the local hospital, despite the derision everyone in the gang is giving him.
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Whiffed Gift
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Reggie / comic story / 5 pages

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Archie buys Veronica a nice gift but Reggie manages to make Veronica think it came from him.
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Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Feature Logo:Jughead's Gag Bag
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Your composition has no feeling, no color!
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A teacher doesn't like Jughead's writing.

A Very Merry Christmas
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Little Archie / comic story / 8 pages

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Happy; un-named organ grinder
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An organ grinder is hit by a car and drops his monkey in the snow while he's being taken to the hospital. Little Archie finds the monkey and names him "Happy."
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Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

Pin Problem
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Archie / comic story / 3 pages

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Archie agonizes over the cost of a Christmas present for his mother.
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Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

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Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Shovel your walk for half a buck!
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Synopsis:
Archie offers to shovel Betty's sidewalk.

Vacation Deflation
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Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 6 pages

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Mr. Weatherbee picks an out-of-the-way mountain lodge to spend his winter vacation in order to be sure to get away from Archie. Unfortunately, he picks the lodge where Archie is working as a hired hand.
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The Spell of Christmas
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Sabrina / comic story / 8 pages

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Ambrose teaches Sabrina that giving of yourself is more important at Christmas time than giving gifts.
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Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

Yule Puzzle Page
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A Christmas themed word find puzzle and find the differences between six Santas.

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Coach Kleats Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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Coach Kleats has five people on his four person toboggan team.

Love's Labor Lost
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Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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Archie's friends are annoyed when he goes non-commercial for Christmas, giving peace and brotherhood rather than material gifts. He finally gives in, but by then they have come to agree with his original impulse.
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Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

All Heart
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Jughead / comic story / 5 pages

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After putting Hot Dog out in the cold, Jughead has a dream that their situations are reversed.
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Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

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Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Feature Logo:Archie's Gag Bag
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The principal said we could decorate for our football hop with pine trees!
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Synopsis:
Jughead cut down a tree for the sock hop.

Do Not Open Till Christmas
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 8 pages

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Gigi has nowhere to go for Christmas.
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Tree Glee
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Archie / comic story / 5 pages

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The gang only has a few dollars to buy a tree and get refreshments for the school Christmas party so they decide to chop down their own tree.
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Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

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Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Oh, Jughead! What are you taking orders for now?
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Synopsis:
Jughead is selling windshield wipers.

Handlebar Happiness
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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Synopsis:
Betty enjoys her bicycle.
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Britches Wishes
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Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 6 pages

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Mr. Weatherbee doesn't want to play Santa until Betty helps him learn the true spirit of Christmas.
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Quizzers / activity / 1 page

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A maze puzzle and an unscramble the words puzzle.

Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

Dear Santa
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Li'l Jinx / text story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I'm writing to tell you what a good girl i've been all year!
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Li'l Jinx's letter to Santa Claus.
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Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

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Betty's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Feature Logo:Betty's Gag Bag
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Someone has eaten all my health food candies.
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Synopsis:
Someone has stolen the food from Betty and Veronica's desks.

Guided Mistletoe
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Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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Archie causes mayhem with mistletoe. Mr. Weatherbee makes him demonstrate its uses with Big Ethel.
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Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

The Melting Point
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Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages

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When Harvey catches Sabrina using magic to keep herself snow-free, she can only provide a lame excuse. Then she must perpetuate the excuse when Harvey starts telling everyone he meets about what he saw.
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Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

Downhill Dandy
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Jughead / comic story / 5 pages

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Jughead sets a new downhill ski time because Ethel is pursuing him.
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Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

Christmas Photos of Archie and the Gang
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Archie / cartoon / 2 pages

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Series of gags in the form of photos in an album.
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Take Your Choice!
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

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Li'l Jinx takes her Christmas presents over to play with Greg.
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Christmas Season with Betty & Veronica
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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Betty and Archie each sacrifice something precious to them in order to buy gifts for each other.
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Indexer Notes

This plot is very similar to the O. Henry short story "The Gift of the Magi".

The Last Christmas
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Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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Archie and the gang are trapped in a blizzard and spend the night in a home where a child had died on Christmas Eve a hundred years ago and his mother's ghost was still there weeping for him. They set up the Christmas tree that they were transporting and place their gifts under the tree and while they sleep the boy's ghost is finally able to enjoy his last Christmas.
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Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Feature Logo:Archie's Gag Bag
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Archie, the Secretary General will be there!
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Synopsis:
Jughead wears a dress.

[Laugh Comics Digest #21]
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Laugh Comics Digest / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[Jughead with Archie Digest #31]
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Jughead with Archie Digest / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Golly! I hope you two are having as much fun as I am!"]
    Archie
  2. [no title indexed]
  3. Look Who's Here
    Archie
  4. A Question of Answers
    Jughead
  5. ["What's going on?"]
    Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag
  6. Helpless Helpers
    Betty and Veronica
  7. Whiffed Gift
    Reggie
  8. ["Your composition has no feeling, no color!"]
    Jughead's Gag Bag
  9. A Very Merry Christmas
    Little Archie
  10. Pin Problem
    Archie
  11. ["Shovel your walk for half a buck!"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  12. Vacation Deflation
    Mr. Weatherbee
  13. The Spell of Christmas
    Sabrina
  14. Yule Puzzle Page
  15. ["Hold it!"]
    Coach Kleats Gag Bag
  16. Love's Labor Lost
    Archie
  17. All Heart
    Jughead
  18. ["The principal said we could decorate for our football hop with pine trees!"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  19. Do Not Open Till Christmas
    Li'l Jinx
  20. Tree Glee
    Archie
  21. ["Oh, Jughead! What are you taking orders for now?"]
    Jughead's Gag Bag
  22. Handlebar Happiness
    Betty and Veronica
  23. Britches Wishes
    Mr. Weatherbee
  24. ["It's snowball time!"]
    Quizzers
  25. Dear Santa
    Li'l Jinx
  26. ["Someone has eaten all my health food candies."]
    Betty's Gag Bag
  27. Guided Mistletoe
    Archie
  28. The Melting Point
    Sabrina
  29. Downhill Dandy
    Jughead
  30. Christmas Photos of Archie and the Gang
    Archie
  31. Take Your Choice!
    Li'l Jinx
  32. Christmas Season with Betty & Veronica
    Betty and Veronica
  33. The Last Christmas
    Archie
  34. ["Archie, the Secretary General will be there!"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  35. [Laugh Comics Digest #21]
    Laugh Comics Digest
  36. [no title indexed]
  37. [Jughead with Archie Digest #31]
    Jughead with Archie Digest
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