| Issue | #172 |
| Published | November 1947 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 52 |
| Editing | ? |
| Notes | Cover titles is "Christmas with Mother Goose by Walt Kelly". Indicia title is "CHRISTMAS WITH MOTHER GOOSE, No. 172". Code number is C.M.G. #172-4711. Copyright 1947 by Oskar Lebeck. Initial information for this index from e-mail on the error list from Greg Theakston (June 2006). |
| Characters | The Three Blind Mice [Miney; Meeney; Moe] |
| Genre | children; funny animals |
| Pencils | Walt Kelly |
| Inks | Walt Kelly |
| Notes | Cover says "by Walt Kelly." |
| Synopsis | Remembering to do chores becomes easier right before Christmas. |
| Genre | children |
| Script | Walt Kelly ? |
| Pencils | Walt Kelly |
| Inks | Walt Kelly |
| Notes | Inside front cover; black, white, and red. Poem with several illustrations. |
| Characters | Santa Claus; Mother Goose; the Black Giant |
| Synopsis | With Christmas coming up, the Black Giant kidnaps Santa's helpers and is holding them for ransom. Mother Goose comes by and comes up with a plan where she will dress up as Santa to fool the Black Giant. She takes the Giant on a tour of the Candy Mine and tricks him into falling into the taffy springs. |
| Genre | fantasy |
| Script | Walt Kelly |
| Pencils | Walt Kelly |
| Inks | Walt Kelly |
| Synopsis | A father's attempt to stand on a rocking horse to trim the Christmas tree ends badly. |
| Genre | children |
| Script | Walt Kelly ? |
| Pencils | Walt Kelly |
| Inks | Walt Kelly |
| Notes | Poem with two illustrations. |
| Characters | Santa Claus; Easter Bunny |
| Synopsis | A nonsense verse about what would happen if Christmas came at Easter-time. |
| Script | Walt Kelly ? |
| Pencils | Walt Kelly |
| Inks | Walt Kelly |
| Notes | Poem with three illustrations. |
| Characters | Goosey Gander; Pansy Pig; Mr. Fox |
| Synopsis | The farmer intends to have Goosey Gander for Christmas dinner. The Fox invites Goosey to stay at his house, but intends to have the gander for HIS dinner. |
| Genre | funny animals |
| Script | Walt Kelly |
| Pencils | Walt Kelly |
| Inks | Walt Kelly |
| Characters | Santa Claus |
| Synopsis | A Christmas-themed take-off on the nursery rhyme "There Was a Crooked Man." |
| Genre | fantasy |
| Script | Walt Kelly ? |
| Pencils | Walt Kelly |
| Inks | Walt Kelly |
| Notes | Panel format with illustrations corresponding to one line of the poem. |
| Synopsis | A poem called "If Every Day was Christmas". |
| Genre | children |
| Script | Walt Kelly ? |
| Pencils | Walt Kelly |
| Inks | Walt Kelly |
| Notes | Poem with illustrations. |
| Synopsis | A little girl takes a stuffed bear to bed with her. |
| Genre | children |
| Script | Walt Kelly ? |
| Pencils | Walt Kelly |
| Inks | Walt Kelly |
| Notes | Poem with five illustrations. |
| Characters | The Three Blind Mice [Miney; Meeney; Moe]; Mother Hubbard; Dan (her dog) |
| Synopsis | The Three Blind Mice, who aren't really blind, visit Mother Hubbard, only to find that she has no food. During the night they take some of her needlework to the butcher shop to trade for some meat, but are interrupted when they make too much noise. |
| Genre | funny animal |
| Script | Walt Kelly |
| Pencils | Walt Kelly |
| Inks | Walt Kelly |
| Synopsis | A Christmas-themed version of the nursery rhyme "Rub-a-Dub-Dub". |
| Script | Walt Kelly ? |
| Pencils | Walt Kelly |
| Inks | Walt Kelly |
| Notes | Poem with three illustrations. |
| Synopsis | A little girl's favorite tree is a Christmas tree. |
| Genre | children |
| Script | Walt Kelly ? |
| Pencils | Walt Kelly |
| Inks | Walt Kelly |
| Notes | Poem with four illustrations. |
| Characters | Little Jack Horner; The Pieman; Simple Simon; Humpty Dumpty; Jack; Jill |
| Synopsis | Little Jack Horner puts in an order for a pie at the Pieman's shop, where he meets Simple Simon. The two boys talk to Humpty Dumpty, but the egg falls off a window sill and cracks his head. Jack and Simon run off to get Jack and Jill to do repair work on Humpty, but find they are out of brown paper and vinegar--the materials they used to heal Jack when he fell down the hill. The Pieman comes to the rescue with a sticky pie that holds Humpty's head together. |
| Genre | fantasy |
| Script | Walt Kelly |
| Pencils | Walt Kelly |
| Inks | Walt Kelly |
| Synopsis | A boy and girl know it's Christmas, but their puppy doesn't. |
| Genre | children |
| Script | Walt Kelly ? |
| Pencils | Walt Kelly |
| Inks | Walt Kelly |
| Notes | Poem with four illustrations. |
| Characters | Contrary Mary |
| Synopsis | Mary is sent to her room for being contrary. There an angel takes her to "Contraria", a nightmarish land where every object can talk and always contradicts what Mary says. Mary learns her lesson and the angel brings her back to her room. |
| Genre | children; fantasy |
| Script | Walt Kelly |
| Pencils | Walt Kelly |
| Inks | Walt Kelly |
| Synopsis | A young boy tries to stay awake until Santa comes. |
| Genre | children |
| Script | Walt Kelly ? |
| Pencils | Walt Kelly |
| Inks | Walt Kelly |
| Notes | Inside back cover; black and white, with light red accents. Poem with four small illustrations. |
| Synopsis | A Christmas-themed version of the nursery rhyme "This Little Pig Went to Market." |
| Genre | funny animals |
| Script | Walt Kelly ? |
| Pencils | Walt Kelly |
| Inks | Walt Kelly |
| Notes | Back cover. Illustrations with text. |