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Apart from the obvious ones ("A Christmas for Shacktown", "A Letter to Santa") I also dig "Santa's Stormy Visit" and "Three Good Little Ducks" as well as Murry's "The Big Christmas Tree Mystery". My ultimate faves probably are some comics drawn by Vicar and first released in the late 70s. Some that I recall off the top of my head:

http://coa.inducks.org/s.php?c=D++3841
http://coa.inducks.org/s.php?c=D++3691 (a Strobl remake)
http://coa.inducks.org/s.php?c=D++4270
http://coa.inducks.org/s.php?c=D++4323
http://coa.inducks.org/s.php?c=D++4684

Quote from user: Charlie Brown"The Big Christmas Tree Mystery" is also great. I agree!
Yes I "naturally" chose only from Barks himself, but that story drawn by Murry at his very best and written by the productive Carl Fallberg is one of my favorites also, as well as The Moose Head Mystery by Murry/Nick George from Dell Giant 26. Both are also examples of my childhood favorite stories so I might be a little "biased".

My opinion is that Murry`s art work from around 1955 and maybe some years more could match the artwork of Barks from the same period and probably no other Disney comic book artist could do that then. And it is nice that Murry often draw stories written by such fine craftsmen as Carl Fallberg.

Yes, I realize it's summer, but hey, summer's already half over and I have to say this is still my favorite thread here on the DCF. I've referred to it quite a few times. I really like Carl's Christmas stories and wish the German collection of 35 stories was available in English.

McDuck Enterprise's enthusiasm for Christmas on Bear Mountain was contagious and I purchased it again inside the Uncle Scrooge book by Another Rainbow. (I'd sold off my old collectible slip covered version a long time ago.) I've realized it's definitely one of my favorite Carl Barks' stories and I like to read Don Rosa's The Richest Duck in the World from the Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck right after it.

Along with Matilda I especially enjoy Christmas stories with lighthouses and reading Northeaster of Cape Quack was a real treat. I don't think I had ever read it before, either, so it was an especially nice discovery.

I agree, too, with GeoX's comment comparing Cuspidoria to Tabu Yama and really like both stories.

Normally I don't like stories with only Carl's artwork but when I found out he had worked over the story Christmas in Duckburg I bought it in a Gladstone album. I have enjoyed reading it quite a few times. I also picked up the album with the 1940's Donald Duck Christmas Giveaways. This thread made an excellent checklist for me, and summer or not, has lead me to some fantastic stories. I look forward to gathering up the last few mentioned here.

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I don't know why we're talking about Christmas Stories in July. However I do have Too Late for Christmas and A Christmas for Shacktown in Donald Duck Adventures (Gladstone Series) #30 and Christmas on Bear Mountain in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #608 and Uncle Scrooge #372. I also have the Cuspidoria story in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #568 and The Black Pearls of Tabu Yama in Mickey and Donald #17.

I always enjoyed reading Christmas and other "snow stories" during summer to cool off. And back in those "ancient days" before people had air conditioning in their houses, it could get plenty hot in summer, especially in Chicago. And, we couldn't afford to sit in a movie house every day (those were basically the only buildings that used air conditioning back then).

I always liked Christmas in Duckburg. In fact, you guys have now put me in the mood to re-read it.
Another one stands out, although I can't remember the name. The duck clan was going to Grandma's house for the holidays, and Donald and Launchpad got into a fist fight at some point.

That sounds right, I believe I read it in a Gemstone comic.