Jewish Christmas

[Colin]

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 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.

Realising 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 Bently; 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 .