And the second joke of Christmas.

The Teacher, Ms. Pelzner, 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. Pelzner, 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, " 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 Cohen, what do you do at Christmas?"

Isaac said, "Well we also sing carols!"

Surprised, Mrs. Jones questioned further. "Tell us what you sing.

"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."