Bars have a way of attracting storytellers—of both the professional and the hobbyist variety. For every barfly unspooling a wandering yarn to friends new and old, there’s another alone in the corner ...

1 of 6 — Nina Levy, the Brooklyn-based artist behind the blog Daily Napkins, started doodling on her two sons' napkins over a decade ago. They feature handwritten messages from Levy along the side.

When we set out to publish this special holiday edition of The Napkin Project, we knew that we didn’t want to tell typical holiday stories. No treacle-y tales of family, forgiveness, and full ...