How Traditions Get Started--OT

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Subject: HOW TRADITIONS GET STARTED.

A Christmas Story for people having a bad

day....

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 Mom was

coming to visit. This

stressed Santa even more.

When he went to harness the reindeer, he found

that three of them 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 to the ground and scattered the toys.

So, 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

hidden the liquor, and there was nothing to drink. In

his frustration he

accidentally dropped the cider pot, and it broke into

hundreds of little pieces all

over the kitchen floor. He went to get the broom and

found that mice had eaten

the straw end of the broom.

Just then the doorbell rang, and irritable 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.