Taken from the Morrow County Independent dated December 13, 1917
Gifts for men: Tobacco jars, shaving mugs, ash trays, match boxes, combs, hat marks, handkerchiefs, watch chains, fobs, coat handers, hat brushes, clothes brushes, bath robes, smoking jackets, pocketbooks, bill folds, cuff buttons, books or subscriptions to magazines and farm papers.
Gifts for women: Rings, chains, lavallieres, bracelets, hat pins, sleeve buttons, manicure sets, jewel boxes, gilt clocks, card cases, hat brushes, combs, toilet sets, toilet articles and perfumery, fountain pens, silk or embroidered waists, birthstone rings, hand bags, pictures, mirrors, or bank books and bank deposit.
Don’ts for parents during Christmas Week: Don’t open bureau drawers. Don’t look into closets. When the collar button rolls under the chiffonier or the bed, don’t pursue it; it is better to let thy collar go loose than to risk the premature revelation of the Christmas socks, neckties or lace curtains. Be blind, be blind and again, be blind!
Clinging to an Ideal: “I told my boy that Santa Claus in only a myth.”
“How did he take it?”
“He didn’t seem much impressed. He merely remarked that every great and good man has to be subjected to some kind of unfavorable comment.”