I know this does not pertain to genelogy but I got this on another mail list and would like to share it. Now I know why I put an angel on top of my tree!! I thougth it was because they were so beautiful - boy was I out in left field!! Santa was very cross. It was Christmas Eve and NOTHING was going right. Mrs. Claus had burned all the cookies. The elver were complaining about not getting paid for all the overtime they had worked while making the toys. The reindeer had been dringing all afternoon and were quite dead drunk. To make matters worse, they had taken the sleigh out for a spin earlier in the day and crashed it into a tree. Santa was furious. "I can't believe it! I've got to deliver millions of presents all over the world in just a few hours - all of my reindeer are drunk, the elves are on strike and I don't even have a Christmas tree! I sent that stupid Little angel out HOURS ago to find a tree and he isn't even back yet! What am I going to do?" Just then, the Little Angel opened the front door and stepped in from the snowy night, dragging a Christmas tree. He says "Yo, fat man! Where do you want me to stick the tree this year?" And thus the tradition of angels atop the Christmas trees came to pass. dkelly@nebi.com