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Some years back as a good father, I bought my only daughter a special Barbie Doll House. Sadly (for me) it arrived in 189 plastic pieces. The instructions said that it could be put together in about “30 minutes or less”. It took me most of the night and I…

It was the night before Christmas when Santa Claus’ sleigh team became one member short because of a sudden illness. When an inflatable plastic reindeer was used to fill the void in the team, so no one would take notice the missing animal, Regis (chief elf), asked Santa, “Is that…

The Sunday after Christmas, the Sunday School teacher told her students about an angel appearing to Joseph in a dream, warning him about danger to the baby Jesus and telling him how to escape from it. After the story time, the students were given an opportunity to draw a picture…

Everyone dresses up kids for the program as “angels”. What’s the difference between a one-winged angel and a two-winged angel? It’s a matter of a pinion. I think yule love the game we’re about to play. In each sentence below, fill in the blank or blanks with an expression commonly…

[Pastor Rob Reid avows this as a true story. Thanks to Dave for forwarding it . . and I could hardly wait for Christmas Season to begin, to share it.] The brand new pastor and his wife, newly assigned to their first ministry, to reopen a church in suburban Brooklyn,…

James Fennimore Cooper wrote about the life of Santa Claus. Naturally he titled it The Deer Sleigher. On the inside cover appears a photograph of Santa taken with his North Polaroid camera. In the pages of the book, you’ll find out that Santa’s primary language is North Polish. You’ll learn…

James Fennimore Cooper wrote about the life of Santa Claus. Naturally he titled it The Deer Sleigher. On the inside cover appears a photograph of Santa taken with his North Polaroid camera. In the pages of the book, you’ll find out that Santa’s primary language is North Polish. You’ll learn…

When the wife and I were dining last month in Moscow, we enjoyed a meal with former Communist Party leader Rudolph Petrovich. He came into the restaurant from the cold drizzle, complaining about the nasty weather. My wife said it was sleeting, but he argued that it was just a…

A famous chef developed a new Eggs Benedict dish to be served in a 50’s style eatery. It just didn’t look good on the regular serving plates and he wanted something retro and classy. He spotted some shiny hubcaps on the wall and it gave him the idea for a…

An international chess tournament was held at a large hotel in New York City. Everyone watched games with great intensity and argued into the wee hours over moves and counter moves. But the hotel manager finally had enough when one group nailed up banners all over the lobby about how…

Reading a local paper and their trivia about famous doctors helped me develop this little quiz to see if your BRAIN survived the Thanksgiving Weekend overload. Fill in the missing doctors’ (real/fictional) names. DOUBLE POINTS FOR FIRST AND LAST NAME CORRECT. 1. Robert Louis Stevenson wrote about the dual personality…

Does this make sense to you? We need some major change in thinking, immediately. If you cross the NORTH KOREAN BORDER ILLEGALLY, you get 12 YEARS HARD LABOR. If you cross the IRANIAN BORDER ILLEGALLY, you get DETAINED INDEFINITELY. If you cross the AFGHAN BORDER ILLEGALLY, you get SHOT. If…

There was a post office worker whose job it was to process all the mail that had illegible addresses. One day a letter came addressed in a shaky handwriting to God, with no actual address. He thought he should open it to see what it was about. The letter read:…