Quite some time ago and far away, Santa was getting ready for his annual trip. But four of his elves were 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 Mother was coming to visit.This stressed Santa out even more. Later, when he went to harness the reindeers, he found three 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 onto the ground and all the toys scattered. So frustrated was he, Santa went indoors for a nice cup of tea, and a shot of whisky.

When he went to the cupboard, to his horror, he found the elves had hidden the whisky and so he had nothing to drink.This made him not pay attention and he dropped the teapot and it broke into pieces on the kitchen floor. Just then the doorbell rang, and Santa in a bad mood opebed the door.It was his mother in law dressed as a Angel, a large Xmas tree with her.She thought this was funny, he did not.

It fact, to say he was not amused is an understatement!The "Angel" asked, "where would you like to put this tree Santa?" And that, everyone reading this, is how the Angel came to be on top of the Xmas tree!...

and as you know, a tradition that has stayed with us ever since.