The joke I was referring to and trying to cut/paste horridly in chat...

[Denise Rohleder]

No: HPFGUIDX 7748

From: "Erica Grossman" <jokes at about.com>
To: <gypsycaine at YAHOO.COM>
Subject: ABOUT JOKE OF THE DAY
Date: Sunday, December 24, 2000 4:11 AM

ABOUT JOKE OF THE DAY
Erica Grossman, About Laugh Manager 
December 24, 2000 
http://jokes.about.com

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Brought to you by Humor Guide Mike Durrett 
http://humor.about.com?PM=n20122400a

HOLIDAY BUSINESS NEWS

Continuing the current trend of large scale mergers and acquisitions,
this holiday season Christmas and Chanukah will merge. An industry
source said that the deal had been in the works for about 1,300 years,
ever since the rise of the Muslim Empire. 

While details were not available at press time, it is believed that the
overhead cost of having 12 days of Christmas and 8 days of Chanukah 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 15 Days of Christmukah, 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 dreydl,
currently in Hebrew, will be replaced by Latin, thus becoming more
unintelligible to a wider audience. Also, instead of translating to "A
great  miracle happened there," the message on the dreydl 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. 

In fact, one of the sticking points holding up the agreement for at
least 300 years was the question of whether Jewish children could leave
milk and cookies for Santa even after having eaten meat for 
dinner. 

Though that problem still hasn't been solved, a small breakthrough came
last year when Oreos were finally declared to be Kosher. All sides
appeared happy about this development except for Santa's dentist. 

A spokesman for Christmas, Inc., declined to say whether a takeover of
Kwanzaa might not be in the works as well. He merely pointed out that
were it not for the independent existence of Kwanzaa, the merger between
Christmas and Chanukah might indeed be seen as an unfair cornering of
the holiday market. 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, Come All Ye Faithful." 

  
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I'd like to take this moment to wish everyone a (quote Scott) "HARRY CHRISTMAS!"
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