Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 December 1918 — CHRISTMAS EPIGRAMS [ARTICLE]

CHRISTMAS EPIGRAMS

fl It is a wise Santa who keeps his whiskers away from the candles. fl Better broken toys than broken hearts. fl Never look a gift in the price tag. fl Many a man puts on long white whiskers and thinks he looks like Santa Claus when he looks more like a goat — and perhaps he is. . fl One thing they missed during the Spanish Inquisition —Christmas cigars! fl Shopping done in time is the noblest work of woman! fl A Christmas gift by any other name doesn’t cost half as much. fl A gift in the hand is worth two in the postoffice. fl Many a man gets a girl under the mistletoe only to find himself, a little later, under her thumb. fl A pound of steak to a poor man is worth a ton of holiday greetings.