One Christmas, Little Johny sits at his desk writing a Christmas list to Jesus. He first writes, "Dear baby Jesus. I have been a good boy most of the year so I want a new..." He looks at it, then crumples it up into a ball and throws it away.

He gets out a new piece of paper and writes again, "Dear baby Jesus. I have been a good boy for the whole year so I want a new..." He again looks at it with disgust and throws it away.

He then gets an idea. He goes into his mother's room, takes a statue of the Virgin Mary, puts it into the closet and locks the door.

He takes another piece of paper and writes, "Dear baby Jesus. If you ever want to see your mother again..."