Did Jesus ever laugh?

Did Jesus ever laugh?
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One day during catechism class I was explaining the article of Faith that Jesus was fully God and fully man.

I was explaining how as a man like us He has experienced

hunger,(Mark. 11:12).

thirst,(John. 19:28)

tiredness,(John. 4:6)

weeping,(John.11:35)

gladness (Luke. 10:21)

anger,(Matthew 21:12)

birth

and

death.

Towards the end of the  class one boy stood up and asked, "Has Jesus ever laughed?  Laughter too is one of traits of a human being."

I didn't expect this question.

During all my Bible readings I have never come across Jesus laughing.

Laughter is an external audible expression of internal joy.

The Gospels tell us that Jesus wept, but never that he laughed.

If we remember one thing about why the Gospels were written, such a question will never arise in our mind.

The Gospels were not written to give us the life history of Jesus.

His  early life up to 30 was given just two verses:

" but he went down with them on their journey to Nazareth, and lived there in subjection to them, while his mother kept in her heart the memory of all this. 52 And so Jesus advanced in wisdom with the years, and in favour both with God and with men."            (Luke. 2:51,52)

The Gospels were written only to give us the  salvation message of Jesus.

Each and every  verse has a message to give.

Jesus asked his followers to 'be glad and light-hearted,' when they were persecuted for being His followers.
(Matthew. 5:12)

As He advised His followers  to be glad  even during persecution, 

we can infer that Jesus was always happy,  even during His passions.

Though we don't find the word laughter  there is no hint to prevent us from thinking that He laughed.

As He was always happy we can believe that Jesus would have laughed, though it has not been  recorded by the Gospel writers.

Lourdu Selvam.