>
> 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, s he 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."

Cardinal Joe