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Issue: Archie Giant Series Magazine #217
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN:
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Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 13 (10 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Copyright © 1973 by Close-Up, Inc.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; later standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: perfect bound; later saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Betty and Veronica Christmas Spectacular

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Subject Matter
teen
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
I know Betty believes it's better to give than to receive... but this is ridiculous!
Veronica objects to the gifts Betty is giving Archie.
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Miscellaneous
1
Christmas Season with Betty & Veronica

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
teen
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Betty and Archie each sacrifice something precious to them in order to buy gifts for each other.
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FlagArchie Comics Digest #34 published February 1979
FlagBetty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine #17 [U.S. Cover Price] published February 1986
as Christmas Season with Betty & Veronica [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
This plot is very similar to the O. Henry short story "The Gift of the Magi".
That Covers It!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Li'l Jinx Holliday; Hap Holliday
Jinx loves the idea of snow; Hap, not so much.
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Miscellaneous
2
The Bee and the Bird

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
teen
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Principal Waldo Weatherbee; Veronica Lodge; Julius (a turkey)
Mr. Weatherbee wins a turkey in a holiday raffle. Then he finds out it's a live turkey.
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FlagArchie Comics Digest #76 published February 1986with Mr. Weatherbee logo
 
Miscellaneous
6
Useless Gifts

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
teen
Betty Cooper; Mr. Weatherbee, Hot Dog; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Hiram Lodge
Puzzle where the contestant must match the gift to the person who needs it least.
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Miscellaneous
1
Tree Triumph

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
teen
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
Betty manages to outdo Veronica's earrings, with a little help from the Christmas tree.
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
teen
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
Reggie is skating on thin ice!!
Veronica spots Archie flirting with another girl at the skating pond.
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
teen
Betty Cooper; Fred Andrews
Hi, Mr. Andrews!
Betty offers a barter with Mr. Andrews for Archie's availability as a dance partner.
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FlagBetty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine #17 [U.S. Cover Price] published February 1986
as [untitled] [Cartoon on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Nifty Gifty

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
teen
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Betty gives Archie a suggestion box for Christmas, complete with a suggestion in it.
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FlagArchie Comics Digest #76 published February 1986
FlagBetty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #207 [Direct Edition] published January 2013
as Nifty Gifty [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
"Betty" and "Veronica" answer reader letters.
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Miscellaneous
2
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
teen
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
--Er, Ronnie, do you have to wear all that jewelry
Veronica's jangling jewelry is interfering with Archie's enjoyment of the skating rink.
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Miscellaneous
1
Helpless Helpers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
teen
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Hot Dog (a dog); Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
Jughead intends to play Santa (with Hot Dog as his reindeer) for the children at the local hospital, despite the derision everyone in the gang is giving him.
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FlagArchie Comics Digest #34 published February 1979
 
Miscellaneous
6
In My Father's House

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
teen
Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge
Mr. Lodge lectures Veronica on being grateful for their family's advantage, particularly around the holidays.
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Miscellaneous
6
Mr. Lodge claims in his lecture that the Lodge family wasn't always well off, an assertion that flies in the face of most Lodge family appearances before and after this story.

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