Aunc.1622 net.jokes.q utzoo!decvax!duke!unc!wm Tue Dec 22 14:40:46 1981 seasonal joke People often wonder about christmas traditions, for example why do people put angels on the very top of their christmas trees? Well, here is the true story of how it all started: One christmas, Santa was getting ready to load up his sleigh and fly all over the world, so he picked up his big sack of toys, and WHOSH, a seam ripped and all the toys fell out. So Mrs. Santa came out and sewed up the seam [I know, it's sexist, but this is a true story], and Santa put all the toys back into the sack. So he picked up the huge sack full of toys again and went outside in the snow where his sleigh was waiting and put the bag into the sleigh, and CRUNCH, a runner broke. So Santa took the bag of toys back into his house, pushed the sleigh into his garage and fixed the runner, pushed it back to the house, and got the toys and put them into the sleigh. Then he rounded up all the little reindeer and put their harnesses on, got into the sleigh, and said (in a deep Santa-like voice) GIDDYUP, but he had forgotten to hitch the reindeer to the sleigh so they all flew away into the distance. Just then, a little angel flew by with a christmas tree and said "Santa, what do you want me to do with this tree?" ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.