Playboy December 1956

2 PLAYBILL 5 DEAR PLAYBOY 9 PLAYBOY AFTER HOURS 17 PLAYBOY'S INTERNATIONAL DATEBOOK—travel 18 JAZZ POLL REPORT—article 20 THE DARK MUSIC—fiction CHARLES BEAUMONT 23 CONFESSIONS OF AN AMERICAN BUTTON MAN—satire SHEL SILVERSTEIN 24 BROADWAY—entertainment 24 THE SEASON JUST PAST—review WOLCOTT GIBBS 26 THE SEASON TO COME—preview WARD MOREHOUSE 28 TALLULAH'S FOLLIES—pictorial 32 HOT HOLIDAY CHEER—drink THOMAS MARIO 37 THE BITCH IN HEAT—fiction ROBERT SLATER 38 PLAYBOY'S CHRISTMAS CARDS—humor RAY RUSSELL 41 MISS DECEMBER—playboy's playmate of the month 48 PLAYBOY'S PARTY JOKES—humor 51 THE CHRISTMAS EVE SUPER—ribald classic GUY DE MAUPASSANT 53 PLAYBOY'S CHRISTMAS PACKAGE—gift gallery 61 HEMINGWAY—pastiche JED KILEY 63 CONCEIVING CAN BE FUN—satire SHEPHERD MEAD 65 THE HUNDRED DOLLAR SUICIDE—fiction HENRY GREGOR FELSEN 68 ETCHINGS REVISITED—humor 77 PLAYBOY'S BAZAAR—buying guide