Issue Details

Issue	#26
Published	December 1959
Cover Price	0.25 USD
Pages	84
Editing	Alice Nielson Cobb (managing editor); Chase Craig and/or Del Connell (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director)
Notes	Credits for this issue based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994).

Cover Details - "Christmas carols with elephant"

Characters	Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Goofy; Donald Duck; Daisy Duck; Morty and Ferdie
Genre	funny animals
Pencils	Tony Strobl
Inks	Norm McGary (painted)
Colors	Norm McGary (painted)
Notes	Credits for this issue based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994).

1 page activity "Gifts for the Gang"

Characters	Mickey Mouse; Huey, Dewey and Louie; Uncle Scrooge; Morty and Ferdie; Daisy Duck; Goofy; Minnie Mouse
Script	Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Pencils	Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)
Letters	typeset

16 page Donald Duck story "The Christmas Cha Cha"

Characters	Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie; Uncle Scrooge; Daisy Duck; The Billionaires' Club
Synopsis	Donald practices the cha cha so that he can win the first prize in a dance contest, a silver bowl, with Daisy, and give her his half of the bowl as a Christmas gift. But Scrooge is supposed to supply the bowl, and so he enters the contest, too, with a dance teacher as his partner.
Genre	funny animals
Script	?; Carl Barks (see notes)
Pencils	Carl Barks
Inks	Carl Barks
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters	Garé Barks
Notes	Art submitted on May 26, 1959. Barks caricatured himself on a wanted poster on page 13 of this story. Quote from Barks: "I did the drawings and a did a great deal of rewriting and polishing on the dialogue of the script, which was sent to me by the office."--June 9, 1968, letter to Michael Barrier. Notes and synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).
Reprinted	in Donald Duck (Gold Key, 1962 series) #201 (November 1978); in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #6 (May 1990); in Holiday Parade (Disney, 1990 series) #2 (Winter 1990-1991); in Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color (Gladstone, 1994 series) #23 (November 1995)

1 page activity "What Will Santa Do ?"

Characters	Huey, Dewey and Louie
Script	Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Pencils	Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters	typeset

1 page activity "Roly-poly Santa"

Script	Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Pencils	Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters	typeset

14 page Mickey Mouse story "The Moose Head Mystery"

Characters	Mickey Mouse; Morty and Ferdie; Goofy; Minnie Mouse; Chief O'Hara
Genre	funny animals
Script	Nick George
Pencils	Paul Murry
Inks	Paul Murry
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters	Paul Murry
Reprinted	in Holiday Parade (Disney, 1990 series) #1 (Winter 1990-1991)

1 page activity "Santa's Yule School"

Characters	Mickey Mouse; Morty and Ferdie
Script	Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Pencils	Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters	typeset

1 page activity "Christmas Crossword"

Characters	Mickey Mouse
Script	Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Pencils	Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters	typeset

8 page Chip 'n' Dale story "The Topsy-turvy Tree"

Characters	Chip 'n' Dale
Genre	funny animals
Script	Vic Lockman
Pencils	Al Hubbard
Inks	Al Hubbard
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Reprinted	in Chip 'n' Dale (Gold Key, 1967 series) #55 (November 1978); in Holiday Parade (Disney, 1990 series) #1 (Winter 1990-1991); in Walt Disney's Christmas Treasury (Abbeville Press, 1978 series) #nn (1978)

1 page activity "Grandma's Eggshell Mosaic"

Characters	Grandma Duck
Script	Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Pencils	Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters	typeset

8 page Gyro Gearloose and the Big Bad Wolf story "A Gift for Santa"

Characters	Gyro Gearloose; Big Bad Wolf; Li'l Bad Wolf; Three Little Pigs [Practical Pig; Fifer Pig; Fiddler Pig]; Santa Claus
Genre	funny animals
Script	Del Connell
Pencils	Pete Alvarado
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

1 page activity "Minnie's Spiral Christmas Tree"

Characters	Minnie Mouse
Script	Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Pencils	Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters	typeset

8 page Pluto story "The Gullible Guard"

Characters	Pluto; Grandma Duck; Gus Goose
Genre	funny animals
Script	Del Connell ?
Pencils	Jack Bradbury
Inks	Jack Bradbury
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Reprinted	in Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (Gemstone, 2003 series) #3

1 page activity "Pluto's Popping Present"

Characters	Pluto
Script	Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Pencils	Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters	typeset

8 page Brer Rabbit story "The Bear Claus"

Characters	Brer Rabbit; Brer Owl; Brer Bear; Brer Owl; Brer Possum
Genre	funny animals; folk tales
Pencils	Al Hubbard
Inks	Al Hubbard
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Reprinted	in Holiday Parade (Disney, 1990 series) #2 (Winter 1990-1991)

1 page activity "Morty and Ferdie's Snow Scene"

Characters	Morty and Ferdie
Script	Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Pencils	Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters	typeset

8 page Donald Duck story "Christmas Around the World"

Characters	Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie; Jose Carioca [Joe Carioca]; Pinocchio; Jiminy Cricket; Tinker Bell
Genre	funny animals
Pencils	Al Hubbard
Inks	Al Hubbard
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Reprinted	in Donald Duck (Gold Key, 1962 series) #201

1 page activity "Daisy's Picture Windows Christmas Cards"

Characters	Daisy Duck
Script	Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Pencils	Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters	typeset

1 page activity "Goofy's Package Riddles"

Characters	Goofy
Script	Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Pencils	Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters	?; typeset
Reprinted	in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #38

1 page activity "Stocking Wishes"

Characters	Huey, Dewey and Louie
Script	Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Pencils	Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters	typeset
Reprinted	in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #38

1 page activity "From All of Us to All of You!"

Characters	Huey, Dewey and Louie; Grandma Duck; Pluto; Tramp; Mickey Mouse; Chip 'n' Dale; Goofy; Donald Duck; Minnie Mouse; Daisy Duck; Clarabelle Cow; Morty and Ferdie; Uncle Scrooge
Script	Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Pencils	Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters	typeset