You've probably seen this before but need to be reminded.
THE ANGEL ON THE CHRISTMAS TREE
One Christmas Eve a long, long time ago, Santa was getting ready for his
annual trip, but nothing was going right. Four of his elves were sick and
the trainee elves did not make the toys as fast as the regular elves, and
Santa was beginning to feel the pressure of being behind schedule. Then,
Mrs. Claus told him that her mother was coming to visit. This stressed
Santa out even more. Then, when he went to harness the reindeer, he
found three of them were pregnant and two more had jumped the fence
and were out heaven knows where. More stress.
Grumbling to himself, Santa began to load the sleigh and one of the bags
split open and all the toys fell out on the ground. Santa felt like he
was
ready to explode, but instead he stopped and counted to 10, then he went
back into the house for a cup of coffee and a shot of whiskey. But, when
he went to the cupboard, he discovered the elves had drunk all the liquor
and there was none left for him. In his frustration, he dropped the
coffee
pot and it broke into hundreds of pieces all over the kitchen floor.
His face red with rage, Santa went to get the broom and found that mice
had eaten the straw it was made from. Just then, the doorbell rang and
Santa,
cussing all the way, walked over and opened the door.
There, in the doorway, was little angel with a great big Christmas tree.
The
angel said, very cheerfully, 'Merry Christmas, Santa, isn't it just a
lovely
day"
I have a beautiful tree for you.. Isn't it just a lovely tree? Where
would
you
like me to stick it?
And, thus began the tradition of the little angel on top of the Christmas
tree'
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