1950/12/23 -- Cover design by Constantin Alajalov

Complete contents picked up from the contents page of this issue are as follows:
4 SHORT STORIES:

  • "Child of Divorce" by Roderick Lull and illustrated by George Hughes
  • "Company for Christmas Dinner" by Philip Wylie and illustrated by Rudy Pott
  • "Granny Hite and the Angry Mob" by Neill C. Wilson and illustrated by Austin Briggs
  • "Small-Town Doctor" by Steve McNeil and illustrated by George Englert

    • 8 ARTICLES:

  • I'll Take Sled Dogs for Rough Going by Grant Pearson, as told to Philip Newill
  • Spare Parts for Human Bodies by Milton MacKaye
  • The Ladies Like 'Em Rugged by Pete Martin is about John Wayne
  • The Kids Don't Remember a Thing by Martha Gellhorn
  • All-Time Champ of the Lobbyists by Beverly Smith is about Sam Ward
  • It's Tough to Go to School in New Mexico by Neil M. Clark
  • Our Softhearted Warriors in Korea by Nora Waln
  • India Opens Her Hidden Storehouse by Joseph N. Kearney

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • "The Desparate Woman" -- Part 5 of 6 -- by Martha Allbrand and illustrated by Amos Sewell
  • "The Great Mail Robbery" -- Conclusion -- by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Hy Rubin

    • OTHER FEATURES:

  • Letters
  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts
  • Verse
  • Keeping Posted
  • Full-page color ad for Plymouth illustrated by Norman Rockwell featuring a Christmas scene