An atheist was walking through the woods one day and heard some rustling in the bushes.  In the blink of an eye he saw a giant bear rushing at him.  He exclaims, "Oh God!!". 

In an instant the world around him stops.  He hears a booming voice from the sky,  "I find it very ironic that you, who would deny my very existence all these years, would cry my name in your moment of need."  The atheist says, "Yes, you do have a point there."  The booming voice comes back, "I will give you this one chance to turn your life around and admit that I exist and accept Christianity."  The atheist thinks hard about this for several minutes.  "I have denied you all my life.  It would be wrong of me to reverse myself now.  How would I explain this to my atheist friends?"  The voice replies, "Then is there nothing you would ask of me?"  The atheist again thinks long and hard.  "While it would be hypocritical of me to accept Christianity now, I suppose it would be OK to ask that you make the bear a Christian."  "Fair enough," Booms the voice.

In an instant, the world around him resumes.  The bear, only a few feet away now stops dead in his tracks.  The bear drops to his knees and folds his hands in prayer and says, "Our heavenly Father, we thank thee for this food we are about to receive . . ."

Good one, Mike!

Sounds like a Christmas Bear!

No longer a "holiday" bear.