{"id":3754,"date":"2021-12-03T03:15:35","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T08:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=3754"},"modified":"2021-12-02T23:43:34","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T04:43:34","slug":"some-christmas-humour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=3754","title":{"rendered":"Some Christmas Humour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12553 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas-humor.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"164\" \/><em><strong>Cryptic Christmas Card<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>A man sent his friend a cryptic Christmas card. It read:<\/p>\n<p>A B C D E F G H I J K M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z.<\/p>\n<p>The recipient puzzled over it for weeks, finally gave up and wrote asking for an explanation. He later received the explanation: &#8220;No L.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Real Santa?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The local newscaster was with the crowd of parade watchers, welcoming Santa as he arrived in town, and in a live interview asked a bouncy 4-year old girl if she had talked with this Santa yet to give him her Christmas list.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No&#8221; she replied emphatically.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Are you going to talk with Santa?&#8221; the newscaster asked.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;NO&#8221; once again was the most definite answer which was not the reaction that he was expecting at all!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Why?&#8221; he curiously asked the little one.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Because the real Santa is at the Mall.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Who is the Real Virgin?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>A ten-year-old, under the tutelage of her grandmother, was becoming quite knowledgeable about the Bible.<\/p>\n<p>Then one day she floored her grandmother by asking, &#8220;Which virgin was the mother of Jesus?\u00a0 The Virgin Mary or the King James Virgin?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Wrong Gift<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The parents began to assemble the special Christmas gift they had for their children. \u00a0 They had ordered a kit for a tree house and received the plans for it. \u00a0 However, the materials they received were for a sailboat.<\/p>\n<p>They wrote the company to complain.<\/p>\n<p>The company&#8217;s reply:\u00a0 &#8220;While we regret the inconvenience this mistake must have cause you, it is nothing compared to that of the man who is out on a lake somewhere trying to sail your tree house.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Seasonal Response<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The store&#8217;s Santa Claus gave Jeanie a candy cane.\u00a0 Her mother says, &#8220;What do you say, Jeanie?&#8221;\u00a0 Jeanie looks up at Santa and says, &#8220;Charge it!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>God&#8217;s Not Deaf<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Two young boys were spending the night at their grandparents&#8217; house the week before Christmas. At bedtime, the two boys knelt beside their beds to say their prayers.<\/p>\n<p>The younger one began praying at the top of his lungs:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I PRAY FOR A NEW BICYCLE&#8230;&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;I PRAY FOR A NEW NINTENDO&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>His older brother leaned over, nudged him and said, &#8220;Why are you shouting? God\u2019s not deaf, you know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The younger brother replied. \u201cYes I know God\u2019s not deaf, but Grandmother is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Chris George provides reliable PR &amp; GR counsel and effective advocacy. Need a go-to writer and experienced communicator? Call 613-983-0801 @<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/cgacommunications.com\/m\/\">CG&amp;A COMMUNICATIONS<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cryptic Christmas Card A man sent his friend a cryptic Christmas card. It read: A B C D E F G H I J K M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z. 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