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Newspaper stripYC 7801

The Day Christmas Was Banned

First published
4 December 1978
Length
18 pages
Printed
28 times, in 5 countries
Also coded
yc78-12-04, yc78-12-04, yc78-12-05, yc78-12-06, yc78-12-07, yc78-12-08, yc78-12-09, yc78-12-11, yc78-12-12, yc78-12-13, yc78-12-14, yc78-12-15, yc78-12-16, yc78-12-18, yc78-12-19, yc78-12-20, yc78-12-21, yc78-12-22, yc78-12-23, yc7801

Credits

Plot
Carl Fallberg
Script
Carl Fallberg
Pencils
Tony Strobl
Ink
Larry Mayer

Characters

In bold: the story's lead.

Where it was printed

DateCountryIssueTitle
5 December 1978FinlandSuomen Sosialidemokraatti / Demari 19781205Kun joulu kiellettiin
8 December 1978YugoslaviaПолитикин Забавник 1408Новогодишња бајка (part 1)
15 December 1978YugoslaviaПолитикин Забавник 1409Новогодишња бајка (part 2)
1978United StatesNewspapers 1978The Day Christmas Was Banned (part 1)
1978United StatesNewspapers 1978The Day Christmas Was Banned (part 2)
1978United StatesNewspapers 1978The Day Christmas Was Banned (part 3)
1978United StatesNewspapers 1978The Day Christmas Was Banned (part 4)
1978United StatesNewspapers 1978The Day Christmas Was Banned (part 5)
1978United StatesNewspapers 1978The Day Christmas Was Banned (part 6)
1978United StatesNewspapers 1978The Day Christmas Was Banned (part 7)
1978United StatesNewspapers 1978The Day Christmas Was Banned (part 8)
1978United StatesNewspapers 1978The Day Christmas Was Banned (part 9)
1978United StatesNewspapers 1978The Day Christmas Was Banned (part 10)
1978United StatesNewspapers 1978The Day Christmas Was Banned (part 11)
1978United StatesNewspapers 1978The Day Christmas Was Banned (part 12)
1978United StatesNewspapers 1978The Day Christmas Was Banned (part 13)
1978United StatesNewspapers 1978The Day Christmas Was Banned (part 14)
1978United StatesNewspapers 1978The Day Christmas Was Banned (part 15)
1978United StatesNewspapers 1978The Day Christmas Was Banned (part 16)
1978United StatesNewspapers 1978The Day Christmas Was Banned (part 17)
1978United StatesNewspapers 1978The Day Christmas Was Banned (part 18)
1 June 1979GermanyDer Donaldist 18The Day Christmas Was Banned in English
December 1981ItalyWOW 38Il giorno in cui si abolì il Natale
9 January 1989ItalyNew Comics Now 237The Day Christmas Was Banned (part 1)
December 2001ItalyStorie di Natale 1The Day Christmas Was Banned (Il giorno in cui Natale fu proibito) (part 1)
11 October 2010ItalyGli anni d'oro di Topolino 30The Day Christmas Was Banned (part 1) in English
25 October 2017United StatesDisney's Christmas Classics 1The Day Christmas was Banned
2 October 2025ItalyDisney Classic 20Il giorno in cui il Natale fu proibito

Other versions

Redrawn, cut, recoloured or relettered for a later printing.

  • de/HD 18p07a Story, 2/7 p., 7 tiers
  • fi/SSD19781205a Story, 18 p., 1 tiers
  • it/CAT 30zd Illustration, 1 tiers
  • it/CNC 237g Story, 4 ½ p., 4 tiers
  • it/DCLA 20p143 Story, 6 p., 3 tiers
  • it/SDN 1bm Story, 4 ½ p., 4 tiers
  • it/WOW 38p24 Story, 9 p., 2 tiers
  • us/ZZ1978m04C Newspaper strip, 1 p.
  • yu/PZBC 1408b Story, 2 p., 5 tiers

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