| 0 | Season's Greetings! Have a Ball! | cover | 1 | pencils: Lester Krauss; inks: Lester Krauss; colors: Lester Krauss | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 1 | Mad's Modern Believe It or Nuts 9 | cartoon | 1 | script: Arnie Kogen; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke; colors: Bob Clarke; letters: Bob Clarke | |
| 2 | - | letters page | 1 | script: Jerry De Fuccio | |
| 3 | Haunted By the Ghost of Christmas Presents? | promo (ad from the publisher) | 0.75 | pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | Ebeneezer Scrooge; Alfred E. Neuman (as The Ghost of Christmas Presents) |
| 4 | Peace on Earth, Good Will Towards All Men | photo story | 3 | script: Max Brandel | Edward Kennedy; Richard Nixon; Dr. Timothy Leary; Rev. Billy Graham; Gen. William Westmoreland; Gamel Abdul Nasser; Golda Meir; Mao tse-Tung; Chaing Kai-shek; Jacqueline Kennedy; Jacqueline Susann; Muhammad Ali; Tom Smothers; Dick Smothers; Hugh Hefner; Pope Paul VI; William F. Buckley; Stokely Carm |
| 5 | Drawn Out Dramas | cartoon | 0 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 6 | On the Trail with a Zoologist | comic story | 2 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 7 | The Academy Awards Show We'd Like to See | comic story | 6 | script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | Dustin Hoffman; Joseph Cotten; Zsa Zsa Gabor; Raquel Welch; Vanessa Redgrave; Ali McGraw; Warren Beatty; Lee Marvin; James Coburn |
| 8 | Nixon's the One | cartoon | 1 | script: Ronnie Nathan; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard | Richard Nixon |
| 9 | Sergio Aragones Takes a Mad Look at Protest Demonstrations | cartoon | 4 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 10 | The Lighter Side of Birthdays | comic story | 5 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 11 | Spy Vs. Spy | comic story | 1 | script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio Prohías | The Black Spy; The White Spy |
| 12 | Playthings Based on TV Commercials | comic story | 4 | script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 13 | The High Diver | comic story | 1 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 14 | The Month Before Christmas | comic story | 3 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 15 | Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at the Phone Company | comic story | 4 | script: Earle Doud; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | |
| 16 | Horrifying Cliches 8 | comic story | 3 | script: May Sakami; pencils: Paul Coker Jr.; inks: Paul Coker Jr. | |
| 17 | Condemner Reports | comic story | 6 | script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Bob Clarke, Irving Schild; inks: Bob Clarke, Irving Schild | |
| 18 | Spy Vs. Spy | comic story | 1 | script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio Prohías | The Black Spy; The White Spy |
| 19 | What New Trend Is Destroying a Time-Honored Theater Art? | illustration | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee; colors: Al Jaffee | |
| 20 | Knight-Fall | comic story | 1 | script: Jack Kent; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard; colors: Jack Rickard | |