Cover story: Treasures of the Medici Palace, Procession To Bethlehem- First Complete Color of Medici Palace; An American Family Celebrates Christmas, Macy's sells mink coats for dogs; Stanford offers dry skiing courses, Chinese forces move into Manchuria, Japanese Cyclotron destroyed by GI's, socialite Tommy Manville marries for the 8th time, photo essay of Japanese man comes home from war;  a painting by Fletcher Martin;  Yvonne DeCarlo, deer hunting.

Ads include General Electric light bulb ad, Pontiac ad, and Log Cabin syrup ad with art by Albert Dorne. 

This issue has 92 pages and has a small mailing label on back cover.