Some History on the Christmas Angel and How It All Began...
When four of Santa's elves got sick, and the trainee elves did not produce the toys as fast as the regular ones, Santa was beginning to feel the pressure of being behind schedule.
Then Mrs. Claus told Santa that her Mother was coming to visit. This stressed Santa even more.
When he went to harness the reindeer, he found that two of them were about to give birth and three more had jumped the fence and had run away. More stress.
When he began to load the sleigh one of the floorboards broke, and the toy bag fell to the ground and scattered the toys all over.
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 already drunk the liquor and there was nothing left. In his frustration, he dropped the cider pot, and it broke into hundreds of little pieces all over the kitchen floor. He went to the closet to get the broom and found the mice had eaten the straw end of the broom.
Just then the doorbell rang, and the highly irritated 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 so began the tradition of the little angel on top of the Christmas tree. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="images/icons/shocked.gif" />
(to give credit where credit is due, I borrowed this one from a funny person on the EN forum)
