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A = parochial-school teacher related the story of the birth of Christ, = telling part of the narrative each day.  On the fourth day she = quizzed the children, "What is baby Jesus’ mother’s = name?"   "Mary! = Mary! Mary!" they answered, waving their little hands in the =…

[Fun questions to ask the entire family about Christmas.] Q. How did Scrooge’s team win the football game? A. The ghost of Christmas passed. Q. What is the difference between the Christmas alphabet and the regular alphabet? A. The Christmas alphabet has no L. Q. What is a parent’s favorite…

[Here are some new catch-phrases you may use this Christmas season to share your feelings or thinking with others, Hey, don’t say I never gave you anything . . . ] It’s beginning to cost a lot like Christmas . . . This holiday season, in lieu of gifts, I’ve…

[December brings Christmas-oriented really bad puns because I know you like them] Santa gives Dasher and Dancer extra coffee breaks because they are his star bucks. If you’re struggling to think of what to get someone for Christmas, get them a refrigerator and watch their face light up when they…

[Serving on jury duty today, so felt compelled to = share a little questioning humor from trials.]   Q:  What is your birthday? A:  July fifteenth. Q:  What year? A:  Every year.   ~~ Q:  = What gear were you in at the moment of the impact? A:  Gucci sweats…

Some biblical truth for the = Thanksgiving Weekend to keep our minds from wondering about what great = bargain we might have missed on Black Friday and reflect back to giving = praise to God 1st Chronicles 29:10-13 = O Lord God of our father = Israel, You deserve praise…

Kids at church today were talking physical = fitness and I mentioned that I have the body of a 30-year-old. They = said, "Where, Pastor? Buried in your back = yard?" My wife told me I was immature.   = I told her to get out of my fort . .…

[from the book Calm My = Anxious Heart by Linda Dillow]   I paced back and forth as = I waited for my Polish sister-in-Christ to arrive.  I was nervous = because her family had never had even a small apartment there.  I = had visited Eva-With-No-Home in her in-laws’…

[I= n case you are asked tomorrow to share a blessing at the Thanksgiving = meal, here is a little humor.] May our stuffing be tasty,May = our turkey be plump,May our potatoes and gravyHave nary a = lump.May our yams be deliciousAnd our pies take the = prize,And may…

Th= anksgiving dinner take eighteen hours to prepare. It is consumed in = twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence. = ~ Erma = Bombeck My mother is such a lousy cook that = Thanksgiving at her house is a time of sorrow. ~ Rita = Rudner…

[Roger = shared this story with grif.net readers.]   The room was full of pregnant = women with their husbands.  The instructor said, = "Ladies, remember that exercise is good for you. Walking is = especially beneficial. It strengthens the pelvic muscles = and will make delivery that much easier.…

At a small airport in rural Wyoming, three = strangers were awaiting their flight.  One was a Native American = passing through from the Crow Reservation.  Another was a local = ranch hand on his way to a stock show.  The third passenger was an = Arab student, newly arrived…

[Overheard at the office about Friday – not sure if you all = feel the same way, but there are some Fridays . . . = ] My boss yelled at me, “It’s the fifth time you’ve = been late to work this week! Do you know what that means?!”I…