Beverage napkins are the fold that goes under a glass, and they turn over faster than anything else on a table: three or four a head across an evening, because each one gets set down and abandoned rather than carried. Forty-eight is therefore a dozen guests, not forty-eight people.
The vintage artwork is the quieter end of Christmas printing — closer to an old card than to a cartoon, which suits a table with adults around it and mulled wine on it. Keep the stack by the drinks rather than at the place settings; that is where the small fold earns its keep.
On the table
- Forty-eight beverage napkins — the small drinks fold.
- Plan three or four per guest across a long evening.
- Vintage Christmas artwork, quieter than cartoon holiday print.
- Belongs by the bar or drinks table, not at the place setting.
