History ComicBook / AChristmasForShacktown

By chance, they come across Daisy Duck, who happens to be the president of a local ladies' society and quickly agrees to help them out once the trio explains just how dire Shacktown's situation is. But it quickly becomes clear that raising sufficient funds is harder than it sounds. With all their efforts, they are still fifty dollars short--$25 for turkeys, and another #25 for a toy train for the kids. Daisy and the nephews quickly turn to the aid of a reluctant Donald Duck, asking him to see if he can get Scrooge [=McDuck=] to cover the remaining cash.

* TheRemake: ''[[https://inducks.org/story.php?c=I+TL+3200-1&search=dollaro%20fatale Donald Duck and the Fatal Dollar]]'', released in 2017, is an updated remake that turns the fund raising to give Shacktown a nice Christmas into a crowdfunding campaign to requalify the entire area (that has been reimagined as a more modern ghetto) and introduces a GadgeteerGenius friend of Huey, Dewey and Louie that saves the day by pulling out all of Scrooge's money with the spider nanobots he built.

* PetTheDog: Gladstone has what's probably his most positive appearance in a Barks story here. When he hears about the poor children, he instantly agrees to employ his luck to help Donald get the money, and he even warns Donald that the hot dime that meant good luck for Gladstone might mean bad luck for Donald.

''A Christmas For Shacktown'' is a classic Donald Duck and Scrooge [=McDuck=] comic story written and drawn by Creator/CarlBarks, originally published by Dell Comics in Donald Duck Four Color #367 circa 1952.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Donald unwittingly sets the climax into action when the hot dime he spitefully gave to Scrooge causes his entire money bin to collapse into a cavern below it.

* TheLastStraw: Scrooge's money bin is so ridiculously overfull that dropping a single dime atop the immense pile is enough to burst the foundations and send it all cascading into a huge cave.

''A Christmas For Shacktown'' is a classic Donald Duck and Scrooge McDuck comic story written and drawn by Creator/CarlBarks, originally published by Dell Comics in Donald Duck Four Color #367 circa 1952.

By chance, they come across Daisy Duck, who happens to be the president of a local ladies' society and quickly agrees to help them out once the trio explains just how dire Shacktown's situation is. But it quickly becomes clear that raising sufficient funds is harder than it sounds. With all their efforts, they are still fifty dollars short--$25 for turkeys, and another #25 for a toy train for the kids. Daisy and the nephews quickly turn to the aid of a reluctant Donald Duck, asking him to see if he can get Scrooge McDuck to cover the remaining cash.

Donald soon learns that asking for charity during the holidays, when every family struggles with its own increased expenses, is very difficult. He then tries to trick Scrooge into making the donation by disguising himself as old Jake McDuck, Scrooge's own uncle--while the disguise technically works, the ruse quickly backfires when Scrooge demands 'Jake' pay back a shilling he loaned him sixty years ago, which has now escalted to a whopping $8,336 thanks to interest and inflation. Donald then successfully tricks Scrooge into forking up $5 by planting a rat near his money bin (which Scrooge fears will chew up his money) and offering to 'exterminate' it for him, but this also backfires when he puts the money in the same pocket as his rat, which chews it up. While the nephews and Daisy have managed to scrounge together ten more dollars, they're still $15 bucks short. Donald then tries to pose as a hobo begging for money, but this backfires when Scrooge sees him having some success at it and wanting to try the same idea, though Donald at least walks away with a silver dollar.

Using their newfound fortune, the residents of Shacktown receive a grand Christmas party, with colored Christmas trees, cakes, candies, turkeys and dozens of toy trains. But as this celebration goes on, Donald goes to check on Scrooge, who is still residing inside the cavern, who bemoans how he'll have to wait "two hundred and seventy-two years, eleven months, three weeks and four days!" for him to get the rest of his money bin out of there.

Using their newfound fortune, the residents of Shacktown receives a grand Christmas party, with colored Christmas trees, cakes, candies, turkeys and dozens of toy trains. But as this celebration goes on, Donald goes to check on Scrooge, who is still residing inside the cavern, who bemoans how he'll have to wait "two hundred and seventy-two years, eleven months, three weeks and four days!" for him to get the rest of his money bin out of there.

Flustered that his act only netted him a dime, Scrooge returns to his money bin, but the moment he puts the dime on top, the bins floor finally gives out from the sheer weight, falling deep into a dark cavern. As if Scrooge's luck wasnt bad enough, Donald and Daisy arrive and Donald then demands Scrooge to fork over the other $25. The deeply upset Scrooge the breaks the news about what happened--Donald opens the vault door and discovers that inside, the overloaded floor had collapsed, and the money has been lost in the caverns below Duckburg, leaving Scrooge penniless and depressed and Donald still $25 short of the needed money. A distraught Scrooge immediately tries to pin the blame on Donald, but Donald is more concerned about a visibly weeping Daisy, who thinks this turn of events means the Christmas party wont be happening. Donald refuses to give up, believing the money is still down there and waiting to be hoisted up.

As more time passes and the kids in Shacktown wait in anticipation for their new toy train, Donald is still $4 short. He comes across his lucky cousin Gladstone Gander, and swallows his pride to ask him for help. After explaining Shacktown's situation, Gladstone agrees to help, exploiting his luck to get a hot dime thrown into his hat from a nearby hotel, which then reveals a wallet in the snow, with enough cash inside to get Scrooge to hand over the remaining funds. the remaining funds. Donald thanks Gladstone, but also requests the hot dime, which Donald then gives to Scrooge (who is still posing as a beggar) just to spite him.

As more time passes and the kids in Shacktown wait in anticipation for their new toy train, Donald is still $4 short. He comes acrosd his lucky cousin Gladstone Gander, and swallows his pride to ask him for help. After explaining Shacktown's situation, Gladstone agrees to help, exploiting his luck to get a hot dime thrown into his hat from a nearby hotel, which then reveals a wallet in the snow, with enough cash inside to get Scrooge to hand over the remaining funds. the remaining funds. Donald thanks Gladstone, but also requests the hot dime, which Donald then gives to Scrooge (who is still posing as a beggar) just to spite him.

The story starts with Huey, Dewey and Louie passing through Shacktown, the most impoverished part of Duckburg. They progressively get more downbeat as they see the truly deplorable it is to live in, with children of their same age dressed in rags and clearly ill and underfed. Feeling responsible for them, trio come up with the idea of organizing a Christmas celebration.

Using the bills, the residents of Shacktown receives a grand Christmas party, with colored Christmas trees, cakes, candies, turkeys and dozens of toy trains. But as this celebration goes on, Donald goes to check on Scrooge, who is still residing inside the cavern, who bemoans how he'll have to wait "two hundred and seventy-two years, eleven months, three weeks and four days!" for him to get the rest of his money bin out of there.

* ChristmasEpisode:

Flustered that his act only netted him a dime, Scrooge returns to his money bin, but the moment he puts the dime on top, the bins floor finally gives out from the sheer weight, falling deep into a dark cavern. As if Scrooge's luck wasnt bad enough, Donald and Daisy arrive and Donald then demands Scrooge to fork over the other $25. The deeply upset Scrooge the breaks the news about what happened--Donald opens the vault door and discovers that inside, the overloaded floor had collapsed, and the money has been lost in the caverns below Duckburg, leaving Scrooge penniless and depressed and Donald still $25 short of the needed money.

Dewey, Huey and Louie remember that they once explored Shacktown district and learned about a cavern that might lead to the lost money. In the cavern Ducks find a beaver hole that leads to the money, but it can't be expanded as the vibration would collapse the bottom of the cavern, making it impossible to retrieve the money. Boys bring a toy train to retrieve the money and Scrooge promises that they can keep the first load of money, no matter how much it is. They manage to get a hefty pile of bills and Scrooge faints, and using the bills, the residents of Shacktown receives a grand Christmas party. Scrooge, however, resides in the cavern and complains how he must wait "two hundred and seventy-two years, eleven months, three weeks and four days!" for him to get all of his money out.

* OhCrap: When Donald sees what happened to the inside of Scrooge's money bin, he exclaims "Ye cats!" in shock as his hat flies off his head.

As more time passes and the kids in Shacktown wait in anticipation for their new toy train, Donald is still $4 short. He comes acrosd his lucky cousin Gladstone Gander, and swallows his pride to ask him for help. After explaining Shacktown's situation, Gladstone agrees to help, exploiting his luck to get a hot dime thrown into his hat from a nearby hotel, which then reveals a wallet in the snow, with enough cash inside to cover the remaining funds. Donald thanks Gladstone, but also requests the hot dime, which Donald then gives to Scrooge (who is still posing as a beggar) just to spite him.

When he arrives at his uncle's money bin, an apparently shocked Scrooge tells him it is too late. Enraged, Donald opens the vault door and discovers that inside, the overloaded floor had collapsed, and the money has been lost in the caverns below Duckburg. Now Donald still is twenty-five dollars short and has to take care of a shocked and depressed uncle.

* LudicrousPrecision: In the ending, Scrooge predicts that it'll take him "two hundred and seventy-two years, eleven months, three weeks and four days!" for the toy train to haul out all of his money from his sealed off money bin.

Donald soon learns that asking for charity during the holidays, when every family struggles with its own increased expenses, is very difficult. He then tries to trick Scrooge into making the donation by disguising himself as old Jake McDuck, Scrooge's own uncle--while the disguise technically works, the ruse quickly backfires when Scrooge demands 'Jake' pay back a shilling he loaned him sixty years ago, which has now escalted to a whopping $8,336 thanks to interest and inflation. Donald then successfully tricks Scrooge into forking up $5 by planting a rat near his money bin (which Scrooge fears will chew up his money) and offering to 'exterminate' it for him, but this also backfires when he puts the money in the same pocket as his rat, which chews it up.

Only when he swallows his pride and asks for his cousin Gladstone Gander's help does he finally succeed in raising his twenty-five dollars.

* LudicrousPrecision: In the ending, Scrooge predicts that it'll take him "two hundred and seventy-two years, eleven months, three weeks and four days for the toy train to haul out all of his money from his sealed off money bin.

* LudicrousPrecision: