Christmas on Bear Mountain (1947) is a Donald Duck story by Carl Barks. It was the first appearance of Scrooge McDuck. Jump to: navigation, search 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Donald Duck Donald Duck is an animated cartoon and comic-book character best known for his cartoons from Walt Disney Productions. ... Carl Barks (March 27, 1901 – August 25, 2000) was a famous Disney Studio illustrator and comic book creator, who invented Duckburg and many of its inhabitants, such as Scrooge McDuck and the Beagle Boys. ... Scrooge McDuck, the Richest Duck in the World, by Carl Barks. ...

Synopsis

As usual, Donald has not enough money to celebrate Christmas with his nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie. But, they are unexpectedly invited by his uncle Scrooge to his chalet on the Bear Mountain. Jump to: navigation, search Christmas (literally, the Mass of Christ) is a holiday in the Christian calendar, usually observed on December 25, which celebrates the birth of Jesus. ... Huey, Dewey, and Louie can usually be told apart by the colors of their clothing: red, blue, green, respectively Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck are fictional characters of the Scrooge McDuck universe, Donald Ducks three almost identical nephews. ...

The misanthropic rich duck wants to test his nephew's bravery, and plans to dress up as a bear. But, nearby the chalet, a bear mother is looking for her baby. Jump to: navigation, search For other meanings, see Bear (disambiguation). ...

In the end Scrooge invites the nephews to spend Christmas Dinner in his mansion.

This story was the inspiration for a lot of future Scrooge stories.

This story was first printed in Donald Duck Four Color #178.