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Serving up a holiday treat for 2013 were the people from Archie Comics Publications, Inc., with this 164-page monster hidden behind the wistful looks of Betty and Veronica.

With his name on the book’s cover, it’s only proper Archie Andrews stars in the opening salvo of stories. A Christmas Story has the ginger-headed teen heart throb saving the big day when Santa’s reindeer go on strike. His closest friends prove to be behind the plot when their selfish ways overtake common sense.

Tree Wishes displaces the indigenous inhabitants of Archie and Jughead’s Christmas tree. Both sides come to an agreement to enjoy the holidays in cohabitation.

The gang gather to discuss disappointing presents from parents in Holiday Hang-Ups.

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Veronica is bitten by the green-eyed monster in A Stitch for Time! She feels too much attention is paid to Betty for a thoughtful gift given from the heart.

The Breaking Point provides a reunion for a memory of Christmas past.

Betty’s Riverdale Tinkerbell works to help Veronica earn a good deed at Christmas time in Christmas Miracle.

Taking a break from the stories, readers are given a page of personalized ornaments for each character.

Foot-Loose and Fancy Free is the beginning of reprinted filler pages as the book steps away from its Christmas theme. The tale originally appeared in the 1965 series of Archie, issue 40.

Hi There, Archie, Ol’ Pal! is a one-page puzzle from Archie 239 in 2009.

Weather or Not and Doubt About are one-page gags.

Miss Beazly co-stars in It’s No Joke, Archie 99, 1982; as Archie is asked to take Mr. Weatherbee a cup of hot tea.

A misunderstanding has the adults upset in And All that Jazz from Archie 157, 1986.

Retail Whirl is from the following year from Archie 258.

Betty headlines in a different version of A Quiet Place.

Plot Plight is a calm before the storm of the mid to late 1960s. The students and staff throw Mr. Weatherbee a party celebrating his 25^th anniversary as principal.

Also appearing from 1983 is Forget Me Not. Mr. Weatherbee and Archie find each other at the mall and disaster ensues.

This is followed by reprints Messerpiece, The Good Old Days, Hiccup Hangup, Fit to by Tidy, The Stars, Spaced Out, Jib Jab, Teenage Life in the Stone Ages, Aunt Juggie’s Advice to the Lovelorn, Footwear of the Future!, Archie’s Aquarium, Discovery of Time, Aunt Juggie’s Tips on Etiguette and Boy Magnet.

The issue finishes with two holiday themed puzzles Beazly’s Yuletide Message – a connect the dot page of fun – and Pop Tate’s Christmas Sundae.

In I’ll Take the Wrap Betty and Veronica tease the boys by telling them they cannot tear the paper on their presents while unwrapping them.

Finally, Making Brownie Points is a story of two children who steal Veronica’s Christmas gifts, but are found out in the end.