Misheard lyrics
When my niece was a student, her class of six-year-olds sang “Hark, the Herald Angels Sing” at a Christmas concert. The line “God and sinners reconciled” was a tricky one for this age group.
One little boy, with a voice that completely drowned out the rest of the choir, happily belted out, “God and sinners dressed in style!” —Jessie Robertson, Williams Lake, B.C.
Honesty is the best policy
My nine-year-old son, Gabriel, had heard some rumours at school that Santa wasn’t real. He approached me with a big question: “Dad, tell me the truth. Is Santa real?”
I decided to tell him it was us who had bought his latest Nintendo Wii game.
“Really?” he said. “You should have let Santa bring it. That way, it would have been free.” —Mario Rodriguez, Aurora, Ontario
Like father, like son
One evening I arrived home from work to find the lights out. My wife had prepared a lovely candlelit dinner and our two young sons, Garett and Seldon, were dressed in their suits.
“Hey,” I joked, “didn’t we pay our electruc bill?”
A few months later, during the Christmas Eve candlelit procession, the church was packed and silent when Garett asked, “Hey, Dad, did they not pay their electric bill, too?” —Sylvio Gravel, Fitzroy Harbour, Ontario