Not long ago,and far away,as Santa prepared for his annual trip.......chaos erupted. Four of his elves got sick,and the trainees couldn't produce the toys as fast as the regular elves.

Santa was beginning to feel the pressure of being behind schedule.

Then,Mrs. Claus told Santa her mother was coming to visit. "Great" thought Santa.

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

More stress!

To top it off,when he tried to load the sleigh,one of the boards cracked. The toy bag fell to the ground,scattering the toys.

Totally frustrated,Santa went inside for a cup of coffee. In his frustration,he dropped the coffe pot,breaking it into hundreds of little pieces.When he went to get the broom,he found mice had eaten the straw bristles.

Just then, the doorbell rang. Santa stomped to the door and opened it to find a little angel with a great big Christmas tree. "Hi,fat man" said th angel,"Where would you like me to put this tree?"

And that my friends is how the little angel came to be on top of the Christmas tree.