The Birth of a Tradition
One particular Christmas season a long time ago,
Santa was getting
ready for his annual trip, but there were problems
everywhere. Four of
his elves got sick, and the trainee elves did not
produce the toys as
fast as the regular ones so Santa was beginning to
feel the pressure of
being behind schedule. Then Mrs. Claus told Santa
that her mom was
coming to visit. This stressed Santa even more. When
he went to harness
the reindeer, he found that three of them were about
to give birth and
two had jumped the fence and were out, heaven knows
where. More stress.
Then when he began to load the sleigh one of the
boards cracked,
and the toy bag fell to the ground and scattered the
toys. So,
frustrated, Santa went into the house for a cup of
apple cider and a
shot of rum. When he went to the cupboard, he
discovered that the elves
had hidden the liquor, and there was nothing to
drink. In his
frustration, he accidentally dropped the cider pot,
and it broke into
hundreds of little pieces all over the kitchen
floor. He went to get the
broom and found that mice had eaten the straw end of
the broom. Just
then the doorbell rang, and irritable Santa trudged
to the door. He
opened the door, and there was a little angel with
a great big Christmas tree. The angel said, very
cheerfully, "Merry Christmas, Santa. Isn't it a lovely day?
I have a beautiful tree for you. 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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