Merry Christmas Jesus

My wife had a fund raiser for her Catholic school. It was basically a big auction house party with a bunch of doctors and lawyers. The kids make these projects and sell them to the rich people for ridiculous amounts of money. You wouldn't believe what these guys shell out at these things. But, not the point of the story.

When I got there I surveyed the auction items. I went to the legitimate items first. They do have a lot of sports memoribilia, such as Mohammad Ali's boxing glove from his Sonny Listen fight. (Which given it's two-of-a-kind nature it went for low enough to justify a resell on eBay for profit had I been thinking) An Yzerman Jersey, a number of collectable photos, etc.

Then to the other items. The childrens projects. The desk that was repainted with the Hand/Footprints of all the first graders and then augmented to have them look like farm animals. (Sold for more than Ali's boxing glove ultimately.) Finger Paintings, etc..

It was here, that I found a christmas tree skirt that the kids made. It was patchwork, with several designs on it. Also, each kid in the class wrote down what they would give Jesus Christ for Christmas if they could. "I would give Jesus candy." Things like that. Two of these patches grabbed my attention. It was along the lines of Kids say the Darnest Things in the sense that they probably didn't mean it the way it sounded, but the way it sounded was kind of funny.

"I would give Jesus a heart." Typically when someone gives "A" heart and not "My" heart, it usually implies that the receiver is either cold and insensitive or a donor reciepient. I kindof thought that was a little odd, but it was soon forgotten. The next discovery was far more puzzling.



"I would give Jesus a cross." That's the LAST thing he would want. He didn't want it the last time. In this day and age, it's like someone giving me an electric chair for Christmas after I had been executed in it. If he had gotten that for his birthday, he probably would have been a little pissed. He wouldn't have shown it, that's not in his character, but he would have probably taken it with a smile and then chucked it in the trash the next day.

I have to think both kids were Jewish.