FINGERHUT RECEIVABLES INC
8-K, 1997-12-22
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		       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

				     Washington, D.C.  20549



						    FORM 8-K



						 CURRENT REPORT
			     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
				 Securities Exchange Act of 1934

			Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

						  December 18, 1997

					     FINGERHUT MASTER TRUST
					   FINGERHUT RECEIVABLES, INC.
			   (Originator of the Fingerhut Master Trust)
		  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


	      Delaware                 033-77780            41-1783128
	 (State of Incorporation) (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer
                                      												  Identification No.)

	     
		 4400 Baker Road, Suite F480, Minnetonka, Minnesota   55343
			    (Address of principal executive offices)
				
							 (612) 936-5035
			(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
				
				
				
								 
								 
					  FINGERHUT RECEIVABLES, INC.
				
					  Current Report on Form 8-K


Item 7.     Financial Statements and Exhibits

	    Ex.  20.a      Series  1994-1 November Certificateholder's
					   Statement
	   
	   
						    SIGNATURE


	 Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities  Exchange
Act  of  1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report  to  be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

							     FINGERHUT RECEIVABLES, INC.



							     By  /s/James M. Wehmann
  									 President and Treasurer




Dated:  December 21, 1997


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                                                                                                                   Exhibit 20a
Fingerhut Receivables, Inc.                                    Fingerhut Master Trust                           Monthly Report
Certificateholder's Statement                                         Series 1994-1                                     Nov-97
Section 5.2                                        Class A       Class B         Class C        Class D              Total    
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(i)   Certificate Amount                      59,658,333.33   92,050,000.00   92,050,000.00 122,728,000.00      366,486,333.33
(ii)  Certificate Principal Distributed       59,658,333.33   31,294,000.00            0.00                      90,952,333.33
(iii) Certificate Interest Distributed           314,200.56       509,343.33     542,072.22                       1,365,616.11
Total Distribution per $1,000 Certificate (Original Class A Certificate Amount = $715,900,000.00)                             
Certificate Principal Distributed per $1,000     83.3333333      339.9674090      0.0000000                             
Certificate Interest Distributed per $1,000       0.4388889        5.5333333      5.8888889                             
(iv) Principal Collections                    57,741,566.47     7,424,376.57   7,424,376.57     9,898,738.61     82,489,058.22
(v)  Imputed Yield Collections                 2,865,712.20     2,474,792.21   2,474,792.21     3,286,922.68     11,102,219.30
       Recoveries                                222,243.09       342,910.63     342,910.63       457,074.61      1,365,138.96
       Interest Earned on Prefunded Accounts           0.00             0.00           0.00             0.00              0.00
       Total Imputed Yield Collections         3,087,955.29     2,817,702.84   2,817,702.84     3,743,997.29     12,467,358.26
		 Total Collections                   60,829,521.76    10,242,079.41  10,242,079.41    13,642,735.90     94,956,416.48
(vi) Aggregate Amount of Principal Receivables                                                                1,236,062,075.28
      Invested Amount (End of Month)          59,658,333.33    92,050,000.00  92,050,000.00   122,728,000.00    366,486,333.33
      Floating Allocation Percentage             4.8264836%       7.4470370%     7.4470370%       9.9289512%       29.6495088%
      Invested Amount (Beginning of Month)   119,316,666.67    92,050,000.00  92,050,000.00   122,728,000.00    426,144,666.67
      Average Daily Invested Amount                                                                             410,414,023.92
(vii)  Receivable Delinquencies (As a % of Total Receivables)                                                   
       Current                                                                                        75.99%  1,252,361,047.56
       30 Days to 59 Days                                                                              5.72%     94,342,467.62
       60 Days to 89 Days                                                                              3.81%     62,858,161.39
       90 Days and Over                                                                               14.47%    238,521,090.47
			Total Receivables                                                                         100.00%  1,648,082,767.04
(viii) Aggregate Investor Default Amount                                                                          8,913,743.01
	 As a % of Average Daily Invested Amount  (Annualized based on 365 days/year)                                          22.65%
(ix)  Certificate Charge-Offs                                                           
      Class A                                                                                                             0.00
      Class B                                                                                                             0.00
      Class C                                                                                                             0.00
	   Total Certificate Charge-Offs                                                                                   0.00
(x)   Servicing Fee                                                             
      Class A                                                                                                       198,861.08
      Class B                                                                                                       153,416.73
      Class C                                                                                                       153,416.73
      Class D                                                                                                       204,546.65
	   Total Servicing Fee                                                                                      710,241.18
(xi)  Pool Factor                                                               
      Class A                                                                                                                0
      Class B                                                                                                        0.6600326
      Class C                                                                                                        1.0000000
(xii) Reallocated Principal Collections                                                         
      Class B                                                                                                             0.00
      Class C                                                                                                             0.00
      Class D  ** Everything was reimbursed by the end of the fiscal month.                                       1,331,570.98
(xiii) Excess Funding Account Balance                                                                                     0.00
	 Prefunding Account Balance                                                                                         0.00
(xiv) Class C Trigger Event Occurrence                                                                                    None
	     Class C Reserve Amount                                                                                               N/A
Average Net Portfolio Yield                                                                                            9.0297%
Minimum Base Rate                                                                                                      8.2284%
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