Jewish Christmas

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 Dads Rolls Royce and
drive to his toy factory.  When we get inside, we look at the empty
warehouse, and begin to sing, 'What A Friend We Have in Jesus'.  Then
we all go to the Bahamas on Dads Yacht."