| Liz Maynes-Aminzade | Emma Allen
Puzzles and games editor | Cartoon editor  Every December, when our colleagues find themselves too exhausted to type another word, the reins of this magazine are temporarily handed over to us, the editors of The New Yorker’s two least serious sections. Is this wise? Who are we to say? But we’ve been building up our finger strength for this moment, so, giddyup. Four years into this tradition—check out last year’s, if you missed it—we like to think of each Cartoons & Puzzles Issue as a festive cookie platter: colorful, eclectic, delectable, available in gluten-free varieties . . . Maybe this metaphor has limits (unlike the one about the reins!), but it’s fitting, at least, as this year’s issue was inspired by holiday feasts. Inside, you’ll find a Yule Log puzzle, by Patrick Berry; a comic on the relative merits of goopy and sloppy foods, by Roz Chast and Jason Adam Katzenstein; a secret menu to decode, by Kate Chin Park; a dodge-the-dinner-drama board game by Liana Finck; and much more. You’ll also find a cartoons-and-puzzles mashup game, Laugh Lines, in which you can play history sleuth by guessing when New Yorker cartoons were originally published. Bon appétit, and happy holidays! | 
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