"Do you have any gifts to exchange?"

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Three sons were discussing their Christmas gifts for their mother. The first said, "I built a big house for our mother." The second son said, "I sent her a luxury automobile with a driver." The third son said, "You remember how our mother enjoys reading the Good Book and now she can’t see very well. I sent her a remarkable parrot that recites every chapter and verse. It took the elders twelve years to teach him. Mama just has to name the chapter and verse and the parrot recites it."

When the mother wrote her thank you notes, she wrote to the first son, "The house you built is too big. I live in one room, but have to clean them all." To the second son she wrote, "I’m too old to travel and the driver is rude." To the third son she wrote, "Thank you so much! The chicken was delicious!"

So do you have any gifts to exchange? Whatever you exchange, make sure you keep at least one gift—God with us.

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