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traditions…

Posted by treefrog @ 22:49 on November 11, 2019  

not many of us know how our traditions about christmas began.

 

the angel at the top of the tree:

 

one winter, early in december, many years ago, santa was having a hard time…

mrs claus had pms and had told santa one evening that she expected an extended visit by her mother (santa’s mother-in-law) after the first of the year.  this caused santa to have more that his accustomed amount of schnapps before bed.

he awoke with a mild hangover, and found his way downstairs to breakfast.  the toast was burnt, and they were out of his favorite strawberry jam.  he spilled a little coffee on the front of his tunic.  mopping at himself, he headed for the workshop.

production by the elves was behind schedule, and santa had to revise the schedule, adding two hours of overtime to both shifts, and going to a seven day week.  the shop steward of the elven union reminded him that in the terms of the new contract, over 40 was time and a half – and sunday was doubletime.  unable to delay his annual trip, santa had little choice but to agree.

muttering darkly, he left the workshop and went to the stables to check on the reindeer…   dancer and blitzen were pregnant, and rudolph was drunk again!  after a few phone calls santa was able to arrange to borrow replacements from a couple of neighboring niebelungs.  wondering what kind of paybacks he was getting obligated for,  he trudged to the sleigh shed.

here, at least, everything looked good.  the sleigh had been waxed and polished, and there was a new set of harness and reins for the reindeer.  the leather was supple and shiny, the brass fittings were brightly polished.  there was even a sack of completed presents on the shelf, ready to be loaded.  santa hefted the sack and dropped it into the cargo compartment behind the driver’s seat.  the floor of the cargo compartment, alas, had dry rot, and the sack fell all the way through and landed on the ground beneath the sleigh.

at this point, there was a knocking at the door of the sleigh shed.  when santa opened the door, there stood a beautiful little angel who said, “hello santa, i brought this year’s tree.  where do you want me to put it?”

and that, friends and neighbors, is how we got the tradition of the angel at the top of the tree.

 

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