Continuing the current trend of large-scale mergers and acquisitions, it was announced today at a press conference that Christmas and Hanukkah will merge. An industry source said that the deal had been in the works about 1300 years. While details were not available at press time, it is believed that the overhead cost of having twelve days of Christmas and eight days of Hanukkah was becoming prohibitive for both sides. By combining forces, we’re told, the world will be able to enjoy consistently high-quality service during the Fifteen Days of Chrismukah, as the new holiday is being called.

Massive layoffs are expected, with lords a-leaping and maids a-milking being the hardest hit. As part of the conditions of the agreement, the letters on the dreidel, currently in Hebrew, will be replaced by Latin, thus becoming unintelligible to a wider audience.

Also, instead of translating to “A great miracle happened there,” the message on the dreidel will be the more generic: “Miraculous stuff happens.” In exchange, it is believed that Jews will be allowed to use Santa Claus and his vast merchandising resources for buying and delivering their gifts.

One of the sticking points holding up the agreement for at least three hundred years was the question of whether Jewish children could leave milk and cookies for Santa even after having eaten meat for dinner. A breakthrough came last year, when Oreos were finally declared to be Kosher. All sides appeared happy about this.

Fortunately for all concerned, he said, Kwanzaa will help to maintain the competitive balance. He then closed the press conference by leading all present in a rousing rendition of “Oy Vey, All Ye Faithful.”

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A drunken man staggered into a Catholic church, sat down in the Confessional and said nothing. The priest is waiting and waiting and waiting. The priest coughs to attract the drunk man’s attention, but still the man says nothing. The priest then knocks on the wall three times in a final attempt to get the man to speak. Finally the drunk replies, ”No use knockin,’ pal. There’s no paper.”

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There was a priest who was drowning in the ocean. He called out to God for help.
All of a sudden, a canoe came and the guy said “Father, let me help you”.
The priest replied “No, no my son. The Lord will save me.
The canoe leaves and the father calls out to God again. All of a sudden, a yacht showed up. The captain said “Father, let me help you”. The priest again replied “No my son, the Lord will save me”. The yacht leaves and the father is calling out to God again. All of a sudden, a big cruise ship showed up. The captain said with a megaphone “Father,let us help you”. The priest again replied “No my son, the Lord will save me.

The priest drowns and he’s in heaven face to face with God. He said “My Lord. I called out to you but you didn’t help me. Why?”

God replied: “I did help you. I sent you three ships”.

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It was Friday, and four nuns went to the priest at the local Catholic church to ask for the weekend off. They argued back and forth for a few minutes. Finally the priest agreed to let them leave the convent for the weekend. “However”, he said, “as soon as you get back Monday morning I want you to confess to me what you did over the weekend.” The four nuns agree, and ran off.

Monday comes, and the four nuns return. The first nun goes to the priest and says, “Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned.” The priest asks, “What did you do, Sister?” She replies, “I watched an R-rated movie.” The priest looks up at heaven for a few seconds, then replies, “You are forgiven. Go and drink the holy water.” The first nun leaves, and the fourth nun begins to chuckle quietly under her breath.

The second nun then goes up to the priest and says, “Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned.” The priest replies, “OK, what happened?” She says, “I was driving my brother’s car down the street in front of his house, and I hit a neighbors dog and killed it.” The priest looks up to heaven for half a minute, then says, “You are forgiven. Go and drink the holy water.” The second nun goes out. By this time, the fourth nun is laughing quite audibly.

Then the third nun walks to the priest and says, “Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned.” The priest asks, “Out with it. What did you do?” She says, “Last night, I ran naked up and down Main Street.” The priest looks up at heaven for a full five minutes before responding, “God forgives you. Go and drink the holy water.” She leaves.

The fourth nun falls on the floor, laughing so hard tears run down her cheeks. The priest asks her, “OK. What did you do that was so darn funny?” The fourth nun replies, “I peed in the holy water…”

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Three couples, an elderly couple, a middle-aged couple and a young newlywed couple wanted to join a church.
The pastor said, “We have special requirements for new parishioners.
You must abstain from having sex for two weeks.”
The couples agreed and came back at the end of two weeks.
The pastor went to the elderly couple and asked, “Were you able to abstain from sex for the two weeks?”
The old man replied, “No problem at all, Pastor.”
“Congratulations! Welcome to the church!” said the pastor.
The pastor went to the middle-aged couple and asked, “Well, were you able to abstain from sex for the two weeks?”
The man replied, “The first week was not too bad. The second week I had to sleep on the couch for a couple of nights but, yes, we made it.”
“Congratulations! Welcome to the church!” said the pastor.
The pastor then went to the newlywed couple and asked, “Well, were you able to abstain from sex for two weeks?”
“No, Pastor, we were not able to go without sex for the two weeks,” the young man replied sadly. “My wife was reaching for a can of paint on the top shelf and dropped it. When she bent over to pick it up, I was overcome with lust and took advantage of her right there.”
“You understand, of course, this means you will not be welcome in our church,” stated the pastor.
“We know.” said the young man, “We’re not welcome at Home Depot any more, either.”

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