Santa's Elves

[george]

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.

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

finished off the cider and hidden the liquor. In his frustration, he

accidental ly 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.