3.75x5.5x1" thick red box ©1953 King Features Syndicate Inc. designed like a book has sheet music image of Jingle Bells on back side w/large musical note while front side has Christmas card that folds out to 39.5" long w/colorful specialty art of various comic strip characters as part of the letters spelling out the word "Christmas" on one side or in or around Christmas ornaments on reverse. Full color images include Jiggs and Maggie singing carols, Blondie and Dagwood looking at Christmas list, Steve Canyon w/Santa, Rip Kirby w/Honey Dorian, Beetle Bailey sleeping dreaming of the Sarge giving him a gift, Lone Ranger riding on Silver, Felix hanging an ornament, Prince Valiant on ship rail singing and Donald Duck reading while nephews play w/toy train. B/W images include Roy Rogers, Mickey Mouse, Mandrake, Flash Gordon, others in different colored ornaments. Box has lt. wear around edges, surface paper on both sides has wear around edges, top page of fold-out is missing corner tips at upper left and lower right. When wooden crank handle is turned on side, portion of Jingle Bells plays but a few teeth are most likely missing so it is not complete and needs a bit of help to get going. Overall VG. Nice graphics and design. Limited issue most likely just sent to newspaper editors.