As we do most years, we opened Christmas crackers—those little cardboard tubes that pop when pulled, revealing small toys, paper crowns, and jokes.

I thought I'd share a particularly brilliant joke from one cracker, one that made me think of object-oriented philosophy as much as it did Christmas (even if it mistakes an object for its attributes). Here goes:

Why is an elephant large and wrinkly?

Because if it were small, white, and smooth, it would be an aspirin.

Merry Christmas to all my readers who celebrate it!