Archie's Holiday Fun Digest #4

The cover of this 2000 digest says it all: Archie — dressed as Mall Santa — has a very enthusiastic blonde girl planted on his lap, while Veronica and what appears to be a mall manager look on in exasperation, one of them declaring, "I told you NOT to pick Archie as your Mall Santa!" A cluster of wide-eyed kids waiting in line rounds out the cheerful holiday chaos, all rendered with Stan Goldberg's pencils and Henry Scarpelli's inks against a bright, snow-capped Christmas backdrop. Packed with seasonal stories including "An Old Fashioned Christmas," this digest is a cozy slice of Riverdale holiday spirit at its most warmly comedic.