STORIES
Barks wrote and drew a total of 27
Christmas stories - quite an impressive number for such an
isolated event. It is even more impressive when you consider that
Barks was never a great fan of this Christian holiday, probably
because he was never much of a family man. But every year Barks
was asked by Western Publishing to draw a Christmas story for
their comic books and he usually obliged.
Here is a short presentation of all Barks' Christmas stories in
chronological order with brief synopses attached.
![]() 1945 FG1945 Donald Duck's Best Christmas Donald and the nephews rent a horse-drawn sleigh to visit Grandma Duck over Christmas. But the trip is not a simple one... |
(1945) FineArt(1981) Silent Night * Donald is walking around singing carols before Christmas but his voice is not very well liked. Especially not by neighbour Jones... |
![]() 1946 FG1946 Santa's Stormy Visit Donald manages a lighthouse that is pestered by an albatross. Furthermore, he has forgotten to buy Christmas presents for his nephews... |
![]() 1947 FG1947 Three Good Little Ducks It is Christmas Eve and the nephews fear that Donald has forgotten their presents. They decide to be extremely good... |
![]() 1947 FC0178 Christmas on Bear Mountain Donald and the nephews are borrowing Uncle Scrooge's mountain cabin for Christmas. Scrooge's intention is to figure out just how brave Donald really is. |
![]() 1948 FG1948 Donald in Toyland Donald and the nephews are invited by Santa himself to come and test his toys. They waste no time... |
![]() 1948 FC0203 The Golden Christmas Tree The nephews wish for a golden Christmas tree and Donald sets out to find one. Meanwhile the kids are abducted by a tree-hating witch... |
![]() 1948 WDCS088 'The Frozenbear Lake' Donald bets that he can bathe in the lake at Christmas time and Gladstone bets that he can drink two gallons of lemonade in one hour. Will they ever learn? |
1949 FG1949 New Toys The nephews want lots of toys for Christmas but Donald refuses as they already have enough toys. Then they decide to earn some money themselves... |
1949 CP1 Letter to Santa Donald has forgotten to mail the nephews' letter to Santa, and now he must buy the present himself. But they have wished for a steam shovel... |
![]() 1950 CP2 You Can't Guess Donald's family tries to discover what he wants for Christmas, because that is the only way for the nephews to get what they want. |
![]() 1951 WDCS136 'Turkey Raffle' Donald is haunted by Gladstone's unbelievable luck and he decides to hold a raffle to turn things around. He keeps all the tickets except for one... |
1952 FC0367 A Christmas for Shacktown Scrooge's money falls down an almost bottomless pit and all seems lost. The nephews think of an idea that might recover the money. But not for free... |
![]() 1953 WDCS148 'Petrolio de Vaselino' Donald is paying his Christmas bills and when that has been taken care of he discovers that he has no money left for a turkey. He then tries to lure Scrooge into paying for a meal... |
![]() 1954 WDCS160 'The Gifted Camel' The nephews are searching for a Christmas present for Donald. Why not a camel?! But it needs a lot of attention... |
1955 WDCS172 'Submarine Christmas' Scrooge forces Donald and the nephews on a trip in his submarine to find a sunken treasure. On Christmas Eve! That is almost unbearable for the kids... |
![]() 1955 WDCS184 'The Bath Battle' The nephews swear that they will never again tarnish their bodies with soap. Donald does not agree. The clash of strong wills is about to begin... |
![]() 1957 CID 'The Black Pearls' Scrooge travels with Donald and the nephews to a distant tropical island to fish for black pearls but apparently the island is not about to give them up... |
![]() 1958 WDCS208 'Roscoe the Reindeer' The nephews are having fun with their sled in the snowy hills but it is tiresome to drag the sled upwards. Luckily, Gladstone has a reindeer... |
1958 LCB Donald and the Christmas Carol Donald and the nephews are preparing for Christmas but Scrooge hasn't got any time for that nonsense. So they try to get him in the right mood... |
![]() 1958 CP09 Christmas in Duckburg Two mistakes: Donald promises the nephews a Ferris wheel for Christmas. Scrooge promises the Duckburgians a huge Christmas tree. What to do? |
![]() 1959 WDCS220 'Weemite' On Christmas Day Donald accidentally invents Weemite, a powerful explosive. Maybe the army would be interested? |
![]() 1959 DG The Christmas Cha-Cha Donald brushes up on his dancing in order to be able to take Daisy to a cha-cha contest. He is also trying to earn extra money by selling Christmas cards. |
![]() 1962 WDCS256 Northeaster on Cape Quack A crooked businessman wants to buy some land at Cape Quack but first he has to get rid of the lighthouse. Donald tries to stop him. |
1963 WDCS268 Christmas Cheers The city of Duckburg needs a new pavement and the only way to raise the money is through Scrooge. So he donates the pavement - in pure gold! |
![]() 1964 WDCS280 Double Masquerade Donald dresses up as Scrooge to avoid an appointment. Scrooge dresses up as Donald to avoid a Christmas donation. The game is afoot... |
![]() 1964 U$47 The Thrifty Spendthrift Donald has bought a special slide projector which forces people to give presents. He immediately looks up Scrooge... |
* Barks drew this 10-page Christmas story intended for WDCS064. In the closing scene Donald is tortured with an electric cattle prod, but the editor found the story far too violent and it was not published until 1981. |
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