When four of Santa's elves got sick, the trainee
elves did not produce
toys as fast as the regular ones, and Santa began
to feel the
pre-Christmas pressure. Then Mrs. Claus told Santa
her Mother was
coming to visit, which stressed Santa even more.
When he went to
harness the reindeer, he found that three of them
were about to give
birth and two others had jumped the fence and were
out, Heaven knows
where. Then when he began to load the sleigh, one
of the floorboards
cracked, the toy bag fell to the ground and all
the toys were scattered.
So, frustrated, Santa went in the house for a cup
of apple cider and a
shot of rum.
When he went to the cupboard, he discovered the
elves had drunk all the
cider and hidden the liquor. In his frustration,
he accidentally dropped
the cider jug, and it broke into hundreds of
little glass pieces all
over the kitchen floor. He went to get the broom
and found the mice had
eaten all the straw off the end of the broom.
Just then the doorbell rang, and irritated Santa
marched to the door,
yanked it open, and there stood a little angel
with a great big
Christmas tree.
The angel said very cheerfully, "Merry Christmas,
Santa. Isn't this a
lovely day? I have a beautiful tree for you. Where
would you like me to
stick it?"
And so began the tradition of the little angel on
top of the Christmas
tree.
Topic: How the Angel ended up on the top of the Christmas tree (Read 1578 times)
