Christmas Traditions
The Teacher asked young Patrick Murphy: "What do you do at
Christmas time?
Patrick addressed the class: "Well Ms. Jones, me and my twelve
brothers and sisters go to midnight mass and we sing hymns;
then we come home very late and we put mince pies by the back door
and hang up our stockings. Then all excited, we go to bed and
wait for Father Christmas to come with all our toys.
"Very nice Patrick," she said. "Now Jimmy Brown, what do you do at
Christmas?"
Well, Ms. Jones, me and my sister also go to church with Mom
and Dad and we sing carols and we get home ever so late. We
put cookies and milk by the chimney
and we hang up our
stockings. We hardly sleep, waiting for Santa Claus to bring
our presents.
Realizing there was a Jewish boy in the class and not wanting to
leave him out of the discussion, she asked, "Now, Isaac Cohen,
what do you do at Christmas?"
Isaac said, "Well, it's the same thing every year.... Dad comes
home from the office. We all pile into the Rolls Royce; then we
drive to Dad's toy factory. When we get inside, we look at
all the empty shelves... And begin to sing: "What A Friend We Have In Jesus."
Then we all go to the Bahamas.
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