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and hung it up and Sarah raced to bring him a pair of nice warm slippers to put
on. "Now children, tell me one at a time what you were saying." Abraham said,
"Oh daddy, today we put up decorations in our classroom, and Mrs. Short
brought a Christmas tree and we decorated it with lights and lots of pretty things -

- can we have a Christmas tree, please daddy, please!"

Their father sat himself down in the chair near the fire and told them, "Children,
when we came to England, we noticed that lots of things were different from back
home. We are Muslims and Christmas is a Christian celebration and we don't
celebrate it." "But daddy!" Abraham protested, "its the birthday of Prophet Jesus,
why can't we celebrate it and have a Christmas tree?" "No, Abraham, Christians
say it is the birthday of Prophet Jesus, but it is not." "But daddy, Mrs. Short at
school said it is!!" said Abraham. "Well, I am afraid she is wrong this time."

Sarah and Abraham were very upset they wanted a Christmas tree more than
anything. Sarah started to cry, Abraham forgot his manners and started shouting.
In fact they were so naughty they were sent to bed early and they didn't even say
their prayers!