A mafioso’s son sits at his desk writing a Christmas list to Jesus. He first
writes, “Dear baby Jesus, I have been a good boy the whole 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 most of the 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 in 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…”