Honesty
Lee, a seven-year-old boy, was asked to say thanks for the Christmas dinner.
The family members bowed their heads in expectation. Lee began his prayer, thanking God for his mommy, daddy, brothers, sister, grandma, and all his aunts and uncles. Then he began to thank God for the food.
He gave thanks for the turkey, the stuffing, the Christmas pudding, even the cranberry sauce. Then Lee paused, and everyone waited … and waited.
After a long silence, the young fellow looked up at his mother and asked, “If I thank God for the Brussels sprouts, won’t he know that I’m lying?”
What is a stable
Every Christmas morning, when my kids were little, I read them the nativity story out of the big family Bible.
When my son was old enough to talk, he asked me what a stable was.
I thought for a moment how to explain it to him in terms he could understand, then told him, “It’s something like your sister’s room, but without a TV.”
Vowel syndrome
The alphabet was having a convention. All the letters were having a wonderful time, except for E.
E complained about the food and whined about the food. He even told G she had put on weight and looked pregnant. He was getting under everyone’s skin.
B and C were talking in the corner. B said to C, “You know what E’s problem is? He has irritable vowel syndrome.”
