 | Playmate of the Month: Karen Hafter, photographed by Phillip Dixon Making Tracks | Playmate Karen Hafter thinks air travel is for the birds, so when she made the move from New York to California, she kept a low profile |
| Dear Playboy | |
| Playboy After Hours | |
| Selected Short: Goodbye, Joey Ernst, by Edgar Smith | |
| Selected Short: To Tell the Truth, by Thomas Plate | |
| The Playboy Advisor | |
| The Playboy Forum | |
 | Playboy Interview: O.J. Simpson | A candid conversation with the best-liked, best-paid football player ever |
 | Fiction: Gay | The first murder of the new year always draws more publicity than any of the ordinary, routine murders that follow, by Joyce Carol Oates, illustrated by Larry Laslo |
 | Memoir: Merry Christmas from the Colonel | In which Mr. Gregory talks turkey with some high-level friends and brings off an airlift to Mississippi, by Dick Gregory with James R. McGraw, photographed by Bill Arsenault |
 | Pictorial: Portfolio: Pompeo Posar | Highlights of a Playboy lensman’s 16-year love affair with the ladies (with Playmates Cyndi Wood, Susan Lynn Kiger, Janet Lupo, Cynthia Myers, Anulka Dziubinska, Donna Michelle and Karen Christy) |
 | Fiction: Trial of the Warlock | America’s foremost writer adapts J.K. Huysman’s satanic classic “Là-Bas” for the screen, by Norman Mailer, illustrated by Kinuko Y. Craft |
 | Pictorial: The bizarre excesses of history’s most notorious swordsman are brilliantly caught on film in Federico Fellini’s | Casanova |
 | Quiz: Are You Sexually Liberated Enough to Make It with More Than One Person or Species at the Same Time and If Not, Why Not? | Or, what did you do during the sexual revolution, Daddy?, by Barbara Nellis and James R. Petersen, illustrated by Pat Nagel |
 | Article: Working Out | Sometimes even a man who works out faithfully has to live with his love handles, by Bruce Jay Friedman, illustrated by Greg Wray |
 | Verse: Playboy’s Christmas Cards | Missives and missiles for the jolly season, by Judith Wax, cartoons by Eldon Dedini, Rowland Wilson, Buck Brown, Alden Erikson and John Dempsey |
 | Humor: Playboy’s Party Jokes |
 | Article: All the Presidents’ Women | Playboy’s chief executive scoreboard sorts out the straight and the strayed, illustrated by John Youssi |
 | Gifts: Playboy’s Christmas Gift Guide | Exceptional goodies that make giving and getting a yule delight, photographed by Don Azuma |
 | Fiction: What is Life? | He knew that if he answered correctly, instand guruhood was only a few steps away, by Robert Sheckley, illustrated by Ed Gorey |
 | Article: Honey | She was a stripper who had been around, but it took a woman to first turn her on and Lenny Bruce to show her what love was really all about, by Honey Bruce with Dana Benenson, illustrated by Kerig Pope |
 | Attire/Food and Drink: Party Favorites! | Planning a holiday bash? Here’s how to get it all together — from great-looking clothes to palate-grabbing hors d’oeuvres to spirit-raising drinks, by David Platt and Emanuel Greenberg, photographed by Peter Gert |
 | Article: Sexual Congress | Wayne and Liz went up the hill to find a little nooky; Wayne fell down and broke his crown and Liz, she wrote a booky, by Peter Ross Range, illustrated by Roger Huyssen |
 | Article: Standing Up for Las Vegas | The author of “The Godfather” argues that gambling is as good for the soul as it is bad for the old savings account, by Mario Puzo, illustrated by James Higa |
 | Article: Sex Stars of 1976 | When the big money is in packaging, not in personalities, attaining stardom can be a chancy proposition, by Arthur Knight (with Playmates Lillian Muller, Azizi Johari, Claudia Jennings and Sharon Clark) |
 | Pictorial: The Vargas Girl, by Alberto Vargas |
 | Music: The 1977 Playboy Music Poll | Cast your ballot for your jazz, rhythm-and-blues, pop/rock and country-and-western favorites, illustrated by George Eisner |
 | Humor: Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus… | … and he’s a dirty old man, cartoons by Buck Brown, Eldon Dedini, Michael Ffolkes, Alden Erikson and Roy Raymonde |
 | Article: When Ragtops Were in Flower | Once upon a time, there were big, beautiful open cars that said you had money and pizzazz. Those were the good old days, by Brock Yates, photographed by Richard Fegley, illustrated by Kinuko Y. Craft |
 | Ribald Classic: The Indiscreet Jewels | From Les Bijoux Indiscrets, by Denis Diderot, retold by William H. Kupper, illustrated by Brad Holland |
 | Satire: Little Annie Fanny, by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder |
 | Satire: Word Play, by Robert Carola |
 | Playboy Potpourri |
 | Playboy on the Scene: Habitat | Hail to the chief!, by Robert L. Green, photographed by Michel Tcherevkoff |
 | Playboy on the Scene: Sex | Diaphragm redux, by William J. Helmer, photographed by Bill Frantz |
 | Playboy on the Scene: Gadgets, photographed by Richard Izui |
 | Playboy on the Scene: Fashion | Adding interest, by David Platt, photographed by Michel Tcherevkoff |
 | Playboy on the Scene: Grapevine (Jeff Tomberg, Jerry Orzoff and Rich Melman, Norman Seeff, Joseph Papp, George Benson) |
 | Playboy on the Scene: Travel | Toronto’s onto something, by Valerie Ross, photographed by George Hunter |
 | Playboy on the Scene: Sexcetera |
 Alden Erikson |  Bernard Kliban |  Don Madden |  Doug Sneyd |
 Gahan Wilson |  John Dempsey |  John Dempsey |  Michael Ffolkes |
 Roy Raymonde |  Rowland Wilson |  Francis Wilford Smith |
 Playmate Calendar ad (with Playmate Nancie Li Brandi) |  Oui ad |  Playboy Book Club ad |  Playboy Club ad |
 Playmate Photo Contest ad |  Subscription ad (with Playmate Marilyn Lange) |
Pipe and PJs 