Issue Details

Issue	#53
Published	December 1961
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). Variant with ad for Schwinn Bicycles as backcover.

Cover Details - "Donald Duck Merry Christmas"

Characters	Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
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). Variant with ad for Schwinn Bicycles as backcover.

1 page activity "Pantomime Perplexer"

Characters	Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie; Morty and Ferdie; Grandma Duck; Mickey Mouse; Goofy
Script	Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Pencils	Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)
Reprinted	in Christmas Parade (Golden Press, 1977 series) #11191

14 page Donald Duck story "Merry Christmas"

Characters	Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie; Uncle Scrooge; Beagle Boys
Genre	funny animals
Pencils	Tony Strobl
Inks	John Liggera
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Reprinted	in Christmas Parade (Golden Press, 1977 series) #11191

1 page activity "Santa's Ho, Ho, Ho! Christmas Game"

Characters	Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie; Gladstone Gander; Gus Goose; Morty and Ferdie; Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Goofy; Daisy Duck; Grandma Duck; Gyro Gearloose; Uncle Scrooge
Script	Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Pencils	Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters	typeset
Reprinted	in Christmas Parade (Golden Press, 1977 series) #11191

8 page Mickey Mouse story "The Party Panic"

Characters	Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Black Pete; Goofy
Genre	funny animals
Pencils	Paul Murry
Inks	Paul Murry
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters	Paul Murry
Reprinted	in Christmas Parade (Golden Press, 1977 series) #11191

1 page activity "Dit Dot Christmas Wishes"

Characters	Grandma Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie; Pluto; Daisy Duck
Script	Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Pencils	Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters	typeset
Reprinted	in Christmas Parade (Golden Press, 1977 series) #11191

6 page Ludwig Von Drake story "Two and One Make Tree"

Characters	Ludwig Von Drake; Goofy
Genre	funny animals
Pencils	Tony Strobl
Inks	John Liggera
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Reprinted	in Christmas Parade (Golden Press, 1977 series) #11191

1 page activity "Brer Fox's Favorite Christmas Snack"

Characters	Brer Fox
Script	Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Pencils	Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters	typeset
Reprinted	in Christmas Parade (Golden Press, 1977 series) #11191

1 page activity "Pluto's Underwater Antics"

Characters	Pluto
Script	Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Pencils	Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters	typeset
Reprinted	in Christmas Parade (Golden Press, 1977 series) #11191

1 page activity "Goofy's Funny Spelling Yule Fooler"

Characters	Goofy; Grandma Duck; Chip 'n' Dale
Script	Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Pencils	Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters	?; typeset
Reprinted	in Christmas Parade (Golden Press, 1977 series) #11191

6 page Li'l Bad Wolf story "The Student Trap"

Characters	Li'l Bad Wolf; Big Bad Wolf; Three Little Pigs [Practical Pig; Fifer Pig; Fiddler Pig]
Genre	funny animals
Pencils	Phil De Lara
Inks	Phil De Lara
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

1 page activity "Daisy's Most Useful Gift"

Characters	Daisy Duck
Script	Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Pencils	Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters	typeset
Reprinted	in Christmas Parade (Golden Press, 1977 series) #11191

6 page Gyro Gearloose and Grandma Duck story "The Present Plot"

Characters	Gyro Gearloose; Grandma Duck; Helper
Genre	funny animals
Pencils	Paul Murry
Inks	Paul Murry
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters	Paul Murry
Reprinted	in Christmas Parade (Golden Press, 1977 series) #11191

1 page activity "Gyro's Checkerboard Brainstorm"

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

6 page Chip 'n' Dale story "Yule Log"

Characters	Chip 'n' Dale; Brer Bear; Brer Fox
Genre	funny animals
Pencils	Phil De Lara
Inks	Phil De Lara
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Reprinted	in Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (Gold Key, 1963 series) #9; in Christmas Parade (Golden Press, 1977 series) #11191

1 page activity "Chip 'n' Dale Jump for Joy"

Characters	Chip 'n' Dale; Goofy
Script	Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Pencils	Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters	typeset

6 page Donald's Nephews and Daisy's Nieces story "Tough Sledding"

Characters	Huey, Dewey and Louie; April, May and June; Grandma Duck; Gus Goose
Genre	funny animals
Pencils	Jack Bradbury
Inks	Jack Bradbury
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

1 page activity "Toy Joy Riddle Fun"

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

5 page Gladstone Gander story "A Matter of Luck"

Characters	Gladstone Gander; Wicked Witch
Genre	funny animals
Pencils	Jack Bradbury
Inks	Jack Bradbury
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Reprinted	in Christmas Parade (Golden Press, 1977 series) #11191

1 page activity "Merry Christmas Maze"

Characters	Donald Duck
Script	Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Pencils	Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters	typeset
Reprinted	in Christmas Parade (Golden Press, 1977 series) #11191

5 page Pluto story "The Snowbound Hound"

Characters	Pluto; Clarabelle Cow; Horace Horsecollar; Morty and Ferdie
Genre	funny animals
Pencils	Paul Murry
Inks	Paul Murry
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters	Paul Murry
Reprinted	in Christmas Parade (Golden Press, 1977 series) #11191

1 page activity "Donald's Secret Temper Tamer"

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

7 page Donald Duck story "Success Story"

Characters	Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge; Gyro Gearloose; Daisy Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
Genre	funny animals
Script	Bob Gregory
Pencils	Bob Gregory
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

1 page activity "Santa Donald's Drawing Puzzler"

Characters	Donald Duck; Chip 'n' Dale
Script	Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Pencils	Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)
Reprinted	in Christmas Parade (Golden Press, 1977 series) #11191

1 page activity "Out of This World Christmas Crossword"

Characters	Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie; Pluto
Script	Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Pencils	Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Backcover
Reprinted	in Christmas Parade (Golden Press, 1977 series) #11191