This holiday-themed issue focused heavily on festive preparations for the teenage demographic of the era:
: The December 1979 cover featured model Willow Bay (later a prominent journalist and dean of the USC Annenberg School) and Kristian Alfonso (who became a long-time star of Days of Our Lives ). Seventeen 50 – December 1979
: During this period, the newsstand price for a single issue was typically 50 cents , as noted on several Seventeen listings from the late 70s. Seventeen 50 – December 1979
: The magazine was known for its "huge" size (often over 150 pages) and was packed with iconic 70s ads for cosmetics, shampoo, and fashion brands like Gunne Sax. Collectibility Seventeen 50 – December 1979
