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Jewish Christmas:
As a teacher, Ms. Jones, was very curious about how
each of her students celebrated Christmas. She called
on young Patrick Murphy. Tell me Patrick what do you
do at Christmas time? she asked.
Patrick addressed the class, “Well Ms. Jones, me and
my twelve brothers and sisters go to the 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 Mum 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 his 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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