Christmas Decorations

"Christmas Decorations"*
*
John was tasked with bringing the Christmas
decorations up from the basement and start
decorating the house and tree.

During one trek up the stairs, heavily laden with
boxes, he slipped and luckily only fell about two
steps before landing square on his behind.

Jill heard the noise and yelled, "What was that thump?"
 
"I just fell down the stairs," he explained.
 
"Anything broken?" asked Jill.
 
John replied, "No, I'm fine."
 
There was just a slight pause before he heard
Jill say, "No, I meant my decorations? Are any of them broken?"

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"Oh, Schnapps!"*

*The minister of a city church enjoyed a drink now
and then, but his passion was for peach brandy.
One of his congregants would make him a bottle each Christmas.

One year, when the minister went to visit his friend,
hoping for his usual Christmas present, he was not
disappointed, but his friend told him that he had
to thank him for the peach brandy from the pulpit the next Sunday.
 
In his haste to get the bottle, the minister hurriedly
agreed and left. So the next Sunday the minister
suddenly remembered that he had to make a
public announcement that he was being supplied
alcohol from a member of the church. That morning,
his friend sat in the church with a grin on his face,
waiting to see the minister's embarrassment.
 
The minister climbed into the pulpit and said, "Before
we begin, I have an announcement. I would very
much like to thank my friend, Joe, for his kind gift of
peaches ... and for the spirit in which they were given!"
Received on Sat Dec 25 07:25:50 2010