Christmas trick.

An elderly man in calls his son David in another part of the country and says, “I hate to ruin your Christmas eve, but I have to tell you that your mother and I are divorcing, forty-five years of misery is enough.”
“Dad, what are you talking about?” the son replies.

“We can’t stand the sight of each other any longer,” the old man says. “We’re sick of each other, and I’m sick of talking about this, so you call your
sister and tell her,” and he hangs up.

Frantic, the son calls his sister Susan, who explodes on the phone. “Like hell they’re getting divorced,” she shouts, “I’ll take care of this.” She calls her father, and yells at him saying, “You are NOT getting divorced. Don’t do a thing until I get there. I’m calling David back, and we’ll both be there tomorrow. Until then, don’t do a thing, DO YOU HEAR ME DON’T DO ANYTHING?” and hangs up.

The old man hangs up his phone and turns to his wife and says, “Okay they’re coming for Christmas and paying their own fares.