| 0 | Season's Greetings from Mad | cover | 1 | pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin; colors: Don Martin | |
| 1 | Who Put the Men in Mental Breakdown? | photo story | 1 | pencils: Lester Krauss; inks: Lester Krauss | |
| 2 | Midnight TV Roulette | comic story | 4 | script: Gary Belkin; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard | Jack Paar; Hugh Downs; Cliff Arquette [as Charley Weaver]; Joey Bishop; Genevieve Bujold; Boris Karloff; Peter Cushing; Christopher Lee; Bela Lugosi; Lawrence Olivier |
| 3 | The Appointment | comic story | 2 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 4 | If Stars Had Ordinary Jobs | comic story | 4 | script: Arnie Kogen; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | Groucho Marx; Art Linkletter; Mitch Miller; Chet Huntley; David Brinkley; Boris Karloff; Ed Sullivan |
| 5 | A Mad Look at Christmas | comic story | 4 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 6 | Celebrities' Wallets | comic story | 2 | script: Arnie Kogen; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | Barry Goldwater; Joseph McCarthy |
| 7 | Inspirational Poems By, For and About the Nation's Building Men | comic story | 4 | script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando | |
| 8 | The Comic Strip Characters' Christmas Party | comic story | 2 | script: Gary Belkin; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood | Mr. Dithers; Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; Moonbeam McSwine; Dick Tracy; Hi Flagston; Lois Flagston; Joe Palooka; Steve Roper; Smitty; Archie Andrews; Ponytail; Tarzan; Minnie Mouse; Donald Duck; Gran'ma; Pigpen; Smokey Stover; Lucy Van Pelt; Sweetpea; Schroeder; Popeye; The Saint; Daddy Warbucks |
| 9 | Beer Ad | photo story | 1 | pencils: Lester Krauss; inks: Lester Krauss | |
| 10 | Mad's Handy Guide to Languages of the U.S.A. | comic story | 4 | script: Gilbert Barnhill, Gary Belkin; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando | |
| 11 | Tovarich | comic story | 2 | script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio Prohías | |
| 12 | College Fraternities | comic story | 4 | script: Don Reilly; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 13 | The Truth About Secret Ingredients | comic story | 2 | script: Sy Reit; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 14 | What Do You Do For a Living, Daddy? | comic story | 5 | script: Don Reilly; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood | |
| 15 | The Escalator | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 16 | The Guns of Minestrone | comic story | 4 | script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | Gregory Peck [as Captain Malingerer]; David Niven; Anthony Quayle [as Major Frankly]; Anthony Quinn [as Angrya]; Irene Papas; James Darren; Gia Scala [as Henna] |
| 17 | - | illustration | 1 | pencils: Kelly Freas; inks: Kelly Freas; colors: Kelly Freas | |