Issue Details

Issue	#8
Published	December 1956
Cover Price	0.25 USD
Pages	100
Editing	Alice Nielson Cobb (managing editor); Chase Craig (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director)

Cover Details - "Duck family in Santa's sleigh"

Characters	Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Santa Claus
Genre	funny animals
Pencils	Tony Strobl
Inks	Don MacLaughlin ? (painted)
Colors	Don MacLaughlin ? (painted)
Reprinted	in Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (Gold Key, 1963 series) #6

1 page activity "Daisy's Christmas Angel"

Characters	Daisy Duck
Pencils	Tony Strobl
Letters	typeset
Reprinted	in Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (Gold Key, 1963 series) #6

23 page Uncle Scrooge story "Reindeer Roundup"

Characters	Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie; Uncle Scrooge; Beagle Boys; Gyro Gearloose
Genre	funny animals
Pencils	Tony Strobl
Inks	Steve Steere
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

16 page Mickey Mouse story "The Mystery of the China Santa"

Characters	Mickey Mouse; Goofy
Genre	funny animals
Pencils	Jack Bradbury
Inks	Jack Bradbury
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Reprinted	in Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (Gold Key, 1963 series) #6; Mickey Mouse (Gold Key, 1962 series) #189; Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (Gladstone, 1988 series) #1

6 page Jiminy Cricket story "Out-foxing the Wolf"

Characters	Jiminy Cricket; Brer Owl; Thumper; Seven Dwarfs
Genre	funny animals
Pencils	Jack Bradbury
Inks	Jack Bradbury
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Reprinted	in Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (Gold Key, 1963 series) #6; Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (Gladstone, 1988 series) #1

2 page Bucky Bug story "Bucky's Mantel Santa"

Characters	Bucky Bug
Genre	funny animals
Pencils	Tony Strobl
Inks	Tony Strobl
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

8 page Huey, Dewey and Louie story "Guaranteed to Please"

Characters	Huey, Dewey and Louie; Donald Duck
Genre	funny animals
Pencils	Al Hubbard
Inks	Al Hubbard
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

8 page Chip 'n' Dale story "Tree for Free"

Characters	Chip 'n' Dale; Brer Bear
Genre	funny animals
Pencils	Jack Bradbury
Inks	Jack Bradbury
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Reprinted	in Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (Gold Key, 1963 series) #6; Chip 'n' Dale (Gold Key, 1967 series) #55; Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (Gladstone, 1988 series) #2

8 page Gyro Gearloose story "Grandma's Present"

Characters	Gyro Gearloose; Grandma Duck; Gus Goose; Helper
Synopsis	Gyro, tired of inventing, goes to Grandma's farm to forget about it, but soon finds himself inventing a machine that manufactures all the farm's products out of nothing but dirt, water, and air.
Genre	funny animals
Script	Carl Barks
Pencils	Carl Barks
Inks	Carl Barks
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters	Garé Barks
Notes	Art submitted on March 1, 1956. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).
Reprinted	in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gladstone, 1986 series) #527 (March 1988); in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #6 (May 1990); in Carl Barks Library of Gyro Gearloose Comics and Fillers in Color, The (Gladstone, 1993 series) #1 (January 1993); in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gemstone, 2003 series) #636

1 page Huey, Dewey and Louie story "Trimmed X-mas tree"

Characters	Huey, Dewey and Louie; Donald Duck
Genre	funny animals
Pencils	Tony Strobl
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Reprinted	in Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (Gladstone, 1988 series) #1

1 page activity "1957 Happy Day Calender"

Characters	Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
Pencils	Tony Strobl
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

8 page Minnie Mouse story "Operation Wildlife"

Characters	Minnie Mouse; Clarabelle Cow
Genre	funny animals
Script	Carl Fallberg
Pencils	Jack Bradbury
Inks	Jack Bradbury
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Reprinted	in Mickey Mouse (Gold Key, 1962 series) #189; in Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (Gladstone, 1988 series) #1

8 page Li'l Bad Wolf story "Pop's Accidental Good Deed"

Characters	Li'l Bad Wolf; Big Bad Wolf; Three Little Pigs [Practical Pig; Fifer Pig; Fiddler Pig]; Brer Bear
Genre	funny animals
Script	Carl Fallberg
Pencils	Frank McSavage
Inks	Frank McSavage
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Reprinted	in Holiday Parade (Disney, 1990 series) #2 (Winter 1990-1991)

1 page illustration "Santa Claus"

Characters	Santa Claus
Pencils	Tony Strobl
Inks	Don MacLaughlin ? (painted)
Colors	Don MacLaughlin ? (painted)
Notes	Backcover
Reprinted	in Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (Gold Key, 1963 series) #6