The teacher 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, "Me
and my twelve brothers and sisters go to midnight Mass and we sing
hymns, then we come home, and we put mince pies by the back door and
hang up our stockings. Then we go to bed and wait for Father Christmas
to come with toys."

"Very nice, Patrick," she said. "Now Jimmy Brown what do you do at
Christmas?" "Me and my sister also go to Church with Mom and Dad and we
sing carols, and after we get home we put cookies and milk by the
chimney and we hang up our stockings. We hardly sleep, waiting for Santa
Claus to bring our toys, " Jimmy replied.

"That's also very nice Jimmy," she said.

Realizing there was a Jewish boy in the class and not wanting to leave
him out of the discussion, she asked Isaac Cohen the same question. "Now
Isaac, what do you do at Christmas?" Isaac said, "Well, we go for a ride
and we sing a Christmas carol."

Surprised, the teacher questioned further.  "Tell us what you sing."

"Well, it's the same thing every year. Dad comes home from the office.
We all get into the Rolls Royce, and we drive to his toy factory. When
we get inside we look at all the empty shelves and we sing," What a
friend we have in Jesus. Then we all go to the Bahamas."

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