A Christmas Tradition
Dec 9, 2017 22:06:18 #
The teacher asked young Malcolm: "What do you do at Christmas time?"
Malcolm addressed the class: "Well Miss Jones, my twelve brothers and sisters and I 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 Santa Claus to come with all our toys."
"Very nice Malcolm," she said. "Now Jimmy, what do you do at Christmas?"
"Well, Miss Jones, my sister and I 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 were Jewish boys in the class and not wanting to leave them out of the discussion, she asked, "Now, Isaac, what do you do at Christmas?"
Isaac said, "Well, Miss Jones, it's the same thing every year - Dad comes home from the office, we all pile into the Rolls Royce and 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 get on Dad’s jet and fly to the Bahamas."
Malcolm addressed the class: "Well Miss Jones, my twelve brothers and sisters and I 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 Santa Claus to come with all our toys."
"Very nice Malcolm," she said. "Now Jimmy, what do you do at Christmas?"
"Well, Miss Jones, my sister and I 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 were Jewish boys in the class and not wanting to leave them out of the discussion, she asked, "Now, Isaac, what do you do at Christmas?"
Isaac said, "Well, Miss Jones, it's the same thing every year - Dad comes home from the office, we all pile into the Rolls Royce and 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 get on Dad’s jet and fly to the Bahamas."
Dec 9, 2017 23:03:33 #
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Dec 10, 2017 17:48:52 #
This post smacks of a bit of antisemitism and judging from some of your previous posts I am not surprised.
Dec 10, 2017 18:18:17 #
jlef123 wrote:
This post smacks of a bit of antisemitism and judging from some of your previous posts I am not surprised.
May I be the first to suggest that you Trump-off?
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