Contents:

Shadow Pictures (poem & hidden pictures) - by ILO ORLEANS, art by RUTH BENDEL

Love Comes On Christmas (nonfiction) -- by JESSIE ELEANOR MOORE, illustrated by DAVI BOTTS

A Christmas Carol (condensed adaptation) -- by CHARLES DICKENS , art by MATILDA BREUER

Calendar For December 1955 -- art by ESTHER FRIEND 

LASSIE : A Smart Dog (nonfiction, about the 1950s TV version, with photos of TOMMY RETTIG, JAN CLAYTON & GEORGE CLEVELAND) -- by DAN WILLIAMS

Trouble On The Track (short story) -- by CHARLES COOMBS, art by SIDNEY A. QUINN

The Musical Menorah (short story) -- by SHIRLEY SIMON, art by MATILDA BREUER

Bippo And The Hippopotamus (short story) -- by RUTH P. COLLINS, art by RUTH BENDEL

Arbabella Automatic (short story) -- by MARJORIE KING GARRISON, art by RUTH BENDEL

Christopher's Christmas Tree (short story) -- by RUTH F. CHANDLER, art by SHARON SMITH

A Christmas Party (planning a party) -- by HELEN C. SHOEMAKE, art by FLORENCE SALTER

The Wind Blows For Christmas (drama) - by MILDRED HARK & NOEL McQUEEN, artist unknown

Christmas Time (3 poems) --  A Special Birthday -- by HORTENSE ROBERTA ROBERTS

                                               The Dolls' Christmas Tree -- by DOROTHY BROWN THOMPSON

                                               Gentle Little Jesus -- by DOROTHY CONANT STROUD

                                               (all art for the above by BARBARA CLYNE)

Just Fun! (assorted puzzles, games, etc) -- 

               Crossword Puzzle -- by V. GIFFORD, artist unknown

               Christmas Quiz -- writer unknown

               A Housing Problem (math quiz) -- writer & artist unknown

               Do You Know? (riddles) -- writer unknown

               Single-Panel Cartoon -- by OTTO FEUER

               Let's See Your License! (car license plates) -- writer & artist unknown

               Teddy-Boo Telling You (poem) -- writer unknown, art by RUTH VAN TELLINGEN

               Ha! Ha! (jokes)

               Hide-And-Seek (maze puzzle) -- by CLARENCE BIERS

Magic Garden (crafts) -- written & illustrated by ROBIN

Christmas Message Cards (crafts) -- written & illustrated by ESTHER FRIEND

Let's Cook (simple recipes) -- by ALMA S. LACH, artist unknown

Little Brown Bear (short story) -- by ELIZABETH UPHAM, art by GUY J. BROWN

Santa Claus And The Clown Doll (word puzzle story) -- by LOU & CAMPBELL GRANT

Guess Who? (follow the dots puzzle) -- by PENN

The Doings Of Daffy And Dandy (safety & good manners cartoons) -- by JOSEPHINE VAN DOLZEN PEASE, art by PEGGY PALMER BARROWS

Great Hunters And Artists (nonfiction) -- written & Illustrated by CARROLL LANE FENTON

Mailbag (letters, recipes, drawings, poems, jokes, etc from children readers)

A Gift Is A Gift If You Make It -- written & illustrated by ROBIN

A Cradle For Kitty (crafts) - by C. J. Maginley, art by FITZ

Pictures By Children (reader contributions)

David, A Shepherd Boy (paper dolls) -- by DAVI BOTTS 

Flip's Adventures -- written & illustrated by ESTHER FRIEND

Christmas Card Envelope -- writer & artist unknown

Manger Lullaby (song) -- by MARTHA V. BINDER, FULL COLOR art by FLORENCE SALTER

Treasure Hunt (toys & games to purchase) -- selected by EMILY WILSON

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