This past January, Ms. Pelzner, the teacher, was very curious about how each of her students had celebrated Christmas.

She called on young Patrick Murphy. "Tell me Patrick what did you do at Christmas time?" she asked.

Patrick stood and said, "Well, Ms. Pelzner, me and my twelve brothers and sisters went to midnight Mass and we sang hymns, then we came home ery late and we put mince pies by the back door and hung up our stockings. Then all excited we went to bed and waited for Father Christmas to come with all our toys."

"Very nice, Patrick," she said. "Now, Jimmy Brown, what did you do at Christmas?"

"Well, me and my sister also went to church with Mom and Dad and we sang carols and we got home ever so late. We put cookies and milk by the chimney and we hung up our stockings. We hardly slept, 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 him the same question.

"Now, Isaac Cohen, what did you do at Christmas?"

Isaac said, "Well, we also sang carols!"

Surprised, Ms. Pelzner questioned further. "Tell us what you sing."

"Well, it's the same thing every year. Dad came home from the office. We piled into the Rolls Royce and we drove to his toy factory. When we got inside, we looked at all the empty shelves and sang, '"What a Friend We Have in Jesus." Then we all went to the Bahamas