Angel...

The Loony Bin ( loonies@bloodaxe.demon.co.uk )
Sun, 15 Dec 1996 18:20:52 +0000


Hiya Folks...

Here's how the tradition of an angel on top of the tree began...

Wishes & Dreams...

- ANDREA
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  ------- Forwarded foolishness follows -------


               A Christmas Tradition Explained
     
     It was a starry night and the snowflakes drifted down gently. The
snowcrust sparkled in the lamplight at the North Pole. Sleigh bells
jingled in the distance. It was supposed to be a happy time, but it
wasn't...
     
     ... Santa was really pissed off. It was Christmas eve and NOTHING
was going right. Mrs Claus had burned all the Christmas cookies. The
Elves were bitching about not getting paid for the overtime they had put
in while making toys. 

And to top it all off, the reindeer had been drinking all afternoon and
were completely useless. They had taken the sleigh out for a spin
earlier in the day and crashed it into a tree, breaking off one of the
runners. They were still stumbling around outside, giggling and shaking
their sleigh bells.
     
      Santa was redder than usual with anger. He drank another slug of
scotch, and then bellowed, "I CAN'T believe it! I've got to deliver
millions of presents all over the world in just a few hours from now and
all my reindeer are drunk, my Elves are on strike and I don't even have
a Christmas tree! AND I sent that stupid little Angel out HOURS ago to
find a tree and he isn't even back yet! What the HELL am I going to do?"
     
     Just then the Little Angel opened the front door and stepped in
from the snowy night, dragging a Christmas tree behind him.  

He said, "Yo, Santa, where do you want me to stick the Christmas Tree
this year?"
     
And thus the tradition of Angels perched atop the Christmas trees came
to pass.