 | Playmate of the Month: Carol Eden, photographed by William Graham Christmas Carol | Frolicking in the snow or basking by the fire’s glow, our Playmate’s a winter wonder |
| Dear Playboy | |
| Playboy After Hours | |
| Article: Gifting The Guys | A guide to guiding the girls toward making you happy come Christmas, by Robert L. Green | |
| The Playboy Advisor | |
 | Fiction: Oalámaóa | Even genius can have a rotten spot: the trick is in finding it, by Gerald Kersh |
 | Food: Spécialitiés De La Maison | Cullings from a cook’s tour of estimable European cuisines, by Thomas Mario |
 | Fiction: Very Late In The Evening | Her invitation to the party was slow in coming — about half a century, by Ray Bradbury |
 | Pictorial: The Magnificent Marilyn | A pictorial toast to Playboy’s very first Playmate |
 | Fiction: Father Brother And The Cool Colony | La Pluma was a brave, love-directed abscess of beauty, by Roger Price |
 | Attire: Tropic Topic | Enter the batik dinner jacket for that formal affair |
 | Verse: Playboy’s Christmas Cards | Missives and missiles for the jolly season, by Larry Siegel, cartoons by Don Madden, Phil Interlandi, John Dempsey and Al Stine |
 | Personality: Charming Billy | Hollywood’s hottest writer-director-producer, Wilder is the wildest, by Richard Gehman |
 | Satire: The Couple, by Jules Feiffer |
 | Humor: Playboy’s Party Jokes |
 | Fiction: 23 Pat O’Brien Movies | It was a new bit for the guy on the ledge, by Bruce Jay Friedman |
 | Gifts: Merry Christmas! | Playboy’s frolicsome Femlins present a handsome holiday haul |
 | Humor: Visiting Fireman | The bard of the bay meets the poet of Paris in the city of lights, by Art Buchwald and Herb Caen |
 | Pictorial: Five Favorite Christmas Playmates | A repeat performance of the misses December in a special yuletide package (Ellen Stratton, Linda Vargas, Lisa Winters, Janet Pilgrim, Joyce Nizzari) |
 | Article: A Short History Of Money | The tangible symbols for barter are many, from cowrie shells to the good long green, by William Iversen |
 | Satire: Silverstein’s Zoo | An imaginary menagerie for children of all ages, by Shel Silverstein |
 | Article: Letter To A Would-Be Playwright | The nation’s foremost drama critic delineates the crucial differences between writing and wrighting, craft and art, fulfillment and success, by Eric Bentley |
 | Personalities: On The Scene (Bill Hanna, Joe Barbera, Ray Charles, Paul Krassner) |
 | Ribald Classic: The Footprint Of A Lion | A newly translated tale from the Spanish El Libro de los Engannos, translated by J.A. Gato, illustrated by Leon Bellin |
 | Humor: Lastest With The Leastest | The true-life story of how one impractical, awkward, undependable, illogical, dopey, inept, kookie, rash, clumsy, foolhardy, thoughtless, fumbling genius makes out just dandy, by Robert Fontaine |
 | Satire: The Big Surprise, by Shel Silverstein |
| Travel: Playboy’s International Datebook, by Patrick Chase |
 Alberto Vargas |  Alden Erikson |  Claude Smith |  Phil Interlandi |
 Eldon Dedini |  Elmer Simms Campbell |  Erich Sokol |  John Dempsey |
 Gahan Wilson |  Jack Cole |  John Dempsey |  Phil Interlandi |
 Calendar ad |  Merchandise ad |  Merchandise ad |  Merchandise ad |
 Playboy’s Penthouse ad |  Promo ad |  Record ad |  Subscription ad (featuring Playmate Ellen Stratton) |
Pipe and PJs 