"...And All Through the House..."
A wife has just executed her carefully-planned Christmas Eve murder of her husband, but before she can dispose of his body, the radio issues a warning of a homicidal maniac loose in the area. She hears the man outside the house, and rushes about to make sure the windows are all secure, but her daughter has excitedly opened the door for the man dressed in the Santa suit. 8 pages.
"Tombs-Day!"
An archeological expedition goes the pyramid where a previous mission's members mysteriously disappeared. As they search the pyramid for the missing scientists, they die one by one, victims of the death-traps left by the tomb's architects. In the end, the last two discover that the sphinx wasn't just a symbolic protector of the pharaohs. 7 pages.
"Space To Breathe!"
A man takes a drive to the great outdoors to get some fresh air. He blares the radio of his car as he explores his setting. Seeing a nearby cave, he decides to explore it, blundering into the lair of creatures who will defend it to the death. 1 page, text only.
"Beauty Rest"
Helen was always jealous of her roomate, Joyce, for living the high life while Helen stayed home. When Joyce comes in telling of how she has been set to win a rigged beauty contest, Helen lets her jealousy get the best of her, and she slips Joyce a mickey and takes her place. The name of the contest, 'Miss Corpse', should have given her a clue to her fate. 6 pages.
"Shoe-Button Eyes!"
Little Billy is born blind, and his only companions are his teddy bear and his sweet widower mother. When she remarries to a cruel man, who mocks and abuses Billy and disfigures his teddy bear, the boy makes his Christmas wish, and, come Christmas morning, Billy has his vision, and the father is dead, savaged by the teddy bear. 7 pages.
Reprinted in Vault of Horror (RCP Vol 1) #4 in its entirety.