Ray Sprague’s Christmas Tags
The holidays as an excuse for nonsense
Raymond A. Sprague was probably a thwarted novelist, but he channeled his creativity into other pastimes. Among them was honing the art of extremely silly cards, letters, and—a specialty—gift tags. Each year he would compose verse (?!) and often accompanying illustrations for some of his Christmas gifts. A few examples of these are below, with more to be added as found.
In case it’s not obvious, the goal for these compositions was not to elicit praise, but groans…
