An eight-year-old boy asked his seven-year-old friend, “Did you get everything you wanted for Christmas?” “No,” she replied, “But that’s all right. It wasn’t my birthday.”

At the primary school nativity play, three boys played the part of the three wise men. “We are three kings from the east. I bring him Gold” said the first boy. “I bring Myrrh” said the second. The third boy recited, “and Frank sent this”.