The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Wednesday, December 28, 1994           TAG: 9412280005
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A10  EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Letter 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   21 lines

CHRISTMAS ELEMENTARY

I work in an elementary school library and would like to share an incident that occurred recently.

As a third-grade boy waited in line to check out a book, he looked around the library at Christmas stockings, holly, trees, birds, stars, Santa and his reindeer.

Arriving at the front of the desk, he asked, ``Isn't Christmas Jesus' birthday?''

JUNE R. BAIOCCO

Virginia Beach, Dec. 19, 1994 by CNB