A Christmas tale

It was Christmas eve and Santa was having a bad day. Four of his elves
were sick and the trainee elves could not make the toys as fast as the
regulars.

Then Mrs. Claus told Santa that her mother was coming to visit.

When he went outside to harness the reindeer, he found that three of
them were about to give birth and two others had jumped the fence.

Then as he was loading the sleigh, one of the boards cracked. The toy
bag fell to the ground and the toys scattered all over.

Frustrated, Santa went into the house for a cup of coffee and a shot of
whiskey. But the elves had consumed all of the whiskey; and in his
frustration, he dropped the coffee pot and it broke into hundreds of
little pieces all over the floor.

He went to get the broom and found that mice had eaten the straw it was
made from.

Just then the door bell rang.

Santa cussed and opened the door.

There stood a little angel, with a big christmas tree.

The angel said " where would you like to put the tree
Santa?"..............................................

And that my friend is how the tradition of the angel on top of the
christmas tree got started.