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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:An advance on your allowance?
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Indexer Notes

Redrawn from the cover of Archie Giant Series Magazine #5

Issue Data

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

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Yule Be Sorry!
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Archie and the gang are complaining about the cold winter while the Lodge family is in Hawaii.
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Hot and Cold
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

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Li'l Jinx; Greg
Synopsis:
The kids are complaining about winter.
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A Job for Jingles
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Archie / comic story / 10 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:W-who are you?
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Archie Andrews; Jingles; Mary Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Mr. Lodge; Smithers; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Santa Claus
Synopsis:
Jingles, one of Santa's brownies, shows up to make a report on Archie and the gang.
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Indexer Notes

This story is credited as being from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #10 but it doesn't appear in that issue. Verified with hard copy of Archie Giant Series Magazine #10.

Quizzles
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Connect the dots, other words from Christmas and word unscramble.

Which Is Witch
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
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Veronica tells Archie the Betty traced her ancestry to Salem and might be descended from witches.
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Cool Yule Quiz
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comic story / 2 pages

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Santa Claus; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason; Dilton Doily; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle; Coach Kleats
Synopsis:
The Archie gang are dressed as Santas, can you tell who is who?
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Prize Present
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Betty / comic story / 1 page

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Leroy thinks a department store Santa is a phony, but a little girl says she got everything she asked for in previous years.
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Black Book Bonanza
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Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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Archie Andrews; Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Moose thinks Archie is one of Santa's helpers.
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Frosty the "Know" Man!
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 7 pages

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Jack Frost
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The kids are waiting for snow so Li'l Jinx's father pretends to call Jack Frost.
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The Christmas Story
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  • Genre:non-fiction
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Santa Claus
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A brief history of Christmas.
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Logical Location
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Archie / comic story / 1 page

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Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate
Synopsis:
Where to hang the mistletoe in Pop Tates.
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Ski Frail
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Jughead / comic story / 5 pages

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Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
Synopsis:
Jughead and Archie need to write an essay on a popular sport of another country.
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Holiday How-To-Do-Its
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Instructions to make a horseshoe set for indoors, a way to check picture alignment and how to have plants water themselves.
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Boxed In
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Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Archie is going to give Veronica the gift of himself.
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Shell Game
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Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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Archie Andrews; Charlie
Synopsis:
Archie tries a new kind of sled.
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Leroy's Stocking
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Cousin Leroy
Synopsis:
Crossword puzzle.
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Mr. Weatherbee's Dilemma
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Archie / comic story / 8 pages

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Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Professor Flutesnoot
Synopsis:
Bad things are happening to Mr. Weatherbee when someone says, "Merry Christmas."
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The Yule Rush
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Coach Kleats / comic story / 2 pages

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Riverdale has been invited to a high school bowl game on New Year's Day, but it's snowing too hard to practice on the field.
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Escape
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Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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Mr. Lodge plans to spend Christmas far away where Archie can't hurt him.
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Dream Boy
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Jughead / comic story / 6 pages

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Jughead dreamed that Santa gave him and his friends a wishing day and that anything they wished for on that day would come true.
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Xmas Sundae
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Jughead / comic story / 1 page

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Jughead orders a Christmas special sundae.
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Puzzles
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Li'l Jinx / activity / 1 page

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Li'l Jinx
Synopsis:
Color the dotted shapes and find the hidden animals in the sentences.

A Torrid Yule
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Veronica / comic story / 1 page

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Mr. Lodge took some of the Christmas carol group to Florida for a few days.
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The Willing Spirit
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Archie / comic story / 5 pages

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Archie gives Reggie Veronica for Christmas.
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Snow Flaky!
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 7 pages

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Roz; Russ
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The kids have nothing to sled down so Li'l Jinx's father suggests they compete for a snow sculpture contest.
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Puzzlers
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activity / 1 page

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Li'l Jinx; Greg
Synopsis:
Fill in the odd-numbered squares to get a name; add a letter to bear and rearrange the letters to get another animal's name; two-way crossword puzzles.

Toy Triumph
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Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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Archie buys an electronic thinking robot for his little cousin.
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Letters to Santa Claus
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Santa Claus
Synopsis:
Guess who wrote each letter.
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Idiot's Delight
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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Betty is so helpless at Christmas shopping, wrapping and tree decorating that she needs Archie to help her.
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To Ski or Not to Ski
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page

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The gang is at a ski lodge, but the boys will leave if it doesn't snow.
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The Red, Red Ribbon
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Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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Archie trudges through a snowstorm to bring Veronica what she needs.
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You'll Get A Bang Out Of This!!
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

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Li'l Jinx and Greg compare Christmas gifts.
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Dressed To Kill
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text story / 3 pages

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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis:
Betty and Veronica have a fight about a dress and Veronica says she and Archie won't come to Betty's Christmas party.
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Sign and Resign
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Jughead / comic story / 5 pages

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Jughead is running a sign painting business.
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Merry Mail
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Archie / comic story / 1 page

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Archie is reading Christmas cards he's received.
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R Is For Rooked
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:teen; humor
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Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Gaston; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
Synopsis:
Archie sends Jughead to find out what Veronica got him as a gift so he'll know what to get her.
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Ringing Reminder
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Moose / comic story / 1 page

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Synopsis:
Midge asks Moose how many Xmas symbols he can think of.
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Monster Monopoly
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Archie / comic story / 2 pages

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Archie and Jughead are watching monster movies and Fred wants them to go outside.
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Return To Sender!
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

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Chuck;
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Li'l Jinx writes a letter to Santa and asks her dad to mail it.
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Picture Frame
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Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Smithers
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Betty and Veronica have a fight and break up and Archie thinks he's going to save money on Christmas gifts by sending them each a picture of himself.
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Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #273, no credits listed in this digest.

Dis-Missile
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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Riverdale High has a toy repair project and Betty and Veronica are handling the letters to Santa so they know who gets what toy, but they find some joke letters from Archie, Jughead and Reggie.
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Christmas Fun
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How to make a milk carton guitar, a modernistic wastebasket and a suet bird feeder.
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Brainy Exercise
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Moose / comic story / 1 page

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Midge got a device for taking off excess fat.
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Well Suited
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Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge
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Veronica has Archie ask Mr. Lodge to play Santa.
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["An advance on your allowance?"]
    Archie
  2. [no title indexed]
  3. Yule Be Sorry!
    Archie
  4. Hot and Cold
    Li'l Jinx
  5. A Job for Jingles
    Archie
  6. Quizzles
  7. Which Is Witch
    Betty and Veronica
  8. Cool Yule Quiz
  9. Prize Present
    Betty
  10. Black Book Bonanza
    Archie
  11. Frosty the "Know" Man!
    Li'l Jinx
  12. The Christmas Story
  13. Logical Location
    Archie
  14. Ski Frail
    Jughead
  15. Holiday How-To-Do-Its
  16. Boxed In
    Archie
  17. Shell Game
    Archie
  18. Leroy's Stocking
  19. Mr. Weatherbee's Dilemma
    Archie
  20. The Yule Rush
    Coach Kleats
  21. Escape
    Archie
  22. Dream Boy
    Jughead
  23. Xmas Sundae
    Jughead
  24. Puzzles
    Li'l Jinx
  25. A Torrid Yule
    Veronica
  26. The Willing Spirit
    Archie
  27. Snow Flaky!
    Li'l Jinx
  28. Puzzlers
  29. Toy Triumph
    Archie
  30. Letters to Santa Claus
  31. Idiot's Delight
    Betty and Veronica
  32. To Ski or Not to Ski
    Betty and Veronica
  33. The Red, Red Ribbon
    Archie
  34. You'll Get A Bang Out Of This!!
    Li'l Jinx
  35. Dressed To Kill
  36. Sign and Resign
    Jughead
  37. Merry Mail
    Archie
  38. R Is For Rooked
    Betty and Veronica
  39. Ringing Reminder
    Moose
  40. Monster Monopoly
    Archie
  41. Return To Sender!
    Li'l Jinx
  42. Picture Frame
    Archie
  43. Dis-Missile
    Betty and Veronica
  44. Christmas Fun
  45. Brainy Exercise
    Moose
  46. Well Suited
    Archie
  47. [no title indexed]
  48. ["How would you like to receive a free Christmas gift from Archie?"]
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