1932/12 - Cover illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith

Contents are as follows:

  • The Editor's Page: Christmas Comes

    • Fiction:

  • "December 24th -- Closed" -- A Short Story by Vicki Baum and illustrated by Mead Schaeffer
  • "Jigsaw" -- A Serial by Faith Baldwin and illustrated by Thomas Webb
  • "The Better Man" -- A Short Story by Mary Roberts Rinehart and illustrated by Douglas Duer
  • "Santa Claus Had Red Hair" -- A Short Story by Margaret E. Sangster and illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum
  • "The Light in the Jungle" -- A Serial by Edison Marshall and illustrated by Ralph Pallen Coleman
  • "Papoose Go Merry" -- A Short Story by Alice McIntyre Pack and illustrated by Dan Content
  • "Young and Fair" -- A Serial by Laetitioa McDonald and illustrated by E.M. Jackson
  • "Bluebeard and the Spanish Witch" -- A Short Story by Emma-Lindays Squier and illustrated by James E. Allen

    • Special Articles:

  • The Soul of the East by Pearl S. Buck
  • Flying Flame by Mrs. Martin Johnson and illustrated by James E. Allen
  • Questions! Questions! Questions! by Helen Follett
  • Stars--What Are They Like? by Rose Heylbut includes photos of Yehudi Menuhin - Harold Bauer - Lawrence Tibbett - Lucrezia Bori - Lily Pons
  • My Book of the Month and Yours by Emily Newell Blair

    • Studio of Architecture and Furnishings:

  • What Reconditioning Can Do - Charles H. Umbrecht, Architect
  • Modern Floors of Wood by C. Stanley Tyler
  • Gifts the Studio Suggests
  • Building a Doll's House for Christmas by C.F. Baker
  • A Recreation Room Beyond the Garden by Sophia Yarnall

    • Good Housekeeping Institute:
    Edited by Katharine Fisher

  • Christmas Goodies
  • The Kitchen and the Laundry
  • "Do Unto Others--"
  • Yuletide Sweets
  • Don't Deny Yourself the Joy of Christmas Calories
  • The Institute Budgets Your Christmas Dinner

    • Bureau of Foods, Sanitation, and Health:

  • Eat More Fish by Dr. Walter H. Eddy

    • Health and Beauty:
    Edited by Ruth Murrin:

  • Perfumes and Personality
  • Beauty Clinin

    • Special Service Features:

  • Dr. Eddy's Question Box
  • Something That You Make Has Value by Anne Orr
  • What the Gold Standard Means by Ruth Boyle
  • Overweight Children by Dr. Josephine H. Kenyon
  • The Institute Forum

    • Poems:

  • "Gifts" by Grace Noll Crowell and illustrated by James Montgomery Flagg
  • "Sweet Ignorance" by Dixie Willison
  • "The Starry Message" by Kate Randle Menefee
  • "Three Gifts" by Peter Gething
  • "Bethlehem" by Edith Tatum
  • "There Was a Star" by John Richard Moreland

    • Fashions:
    Edited by Helen Koues

  • What Smart Women Are Wearing in Paris and New York
  • Christmas Frocks Our Shopping Service Will Buy
  • Handmade Lingerie We Will Buy for Christmas
  • Practicial Gifts With a National Trademark
  • Make Party Frocks and Toys From Our Patterns
  • We Will Buy Gifts for the House and Garden, and for Every Member of the Family