“If you’re a man between the ages of 18 and 80, Playboy is meant for you. If you like your entertainment served up with humor, sophistication and spice, Playboy will become a very special favorite.” Hugh Hefner could not have been more correct. Fifty-seven years ago this month in a kitchen in Chicago, Hefner and Eldon Sellers launched Playboy Magazine and forever changed the way the world looks at women. To celebrate this momentous occasion, we have compiled every December Playboy Cover printed since it’s conception in 1953.

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Billy the Blind Kid in "Dumb and Dumber" 'MEMBA HIM?!
OMG, this should be illegal [Photos]
I think you have a perfectly shaped side bewb.
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If you like girls in bikinis
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Girls in the grass
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This sexiness feels naughty…