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Jerry Thomas Classic-How did the Angel end up on top of the Christmas tree? · Brian Thomas

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  Speaker 1: One particular Christmas season a long time ago. Santa was
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  Speaker 1: getting ready for this annual trip, but there were problems everywhere.
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  Speaker 1: Four of his elves got sick, and the trainee elves
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  Speaker 1: didn't produce the toys as fast as the regular one,
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  Speaker 1: So Santa was beginning to feel the pressure of being
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  Speaker 1: behind schedule. A net wouldn't do. Then missus Klaws told
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  Speaker 1: Santa that her mother was coming to visit. This stress
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  Speaker 1: an even more. When he went to harness the reindeer,
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  Speaker 1: he found that three of them were about to give birth,
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  Speaker 1: and two had jumped the fence and were out to
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  Speaker 1: who knows where. More stress. He didn't need that. Then
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  Speaker 1: he began to load the sleigh. One of the boards
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  Speaker 1: cracked and the toy bag fell to the ground, scattered
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  Speaker 1: the toys everywhere. So frustrated, Sanna went into the house
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  Speaker 1: to get a cup of coffee and a shot of whiskey.
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  Speaker 1: When he went to the cupboard, he found that the
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  Speaker 1: elves had hid the liquor and there was nothing to
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  Speaker 1: drink but water. He wasn't into that mort stress. In
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  Speaker 1: his frustration, he accidentally dropped the coffee pot. It broke
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  Speaker 1: hundreds of pieces all over the kitchen floor. He went
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  Speaker 1: to get the broom. He found that the mice had
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  Speaker 1: eaten a straw. Right, he didn't end that to do either.
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  Speaker 1: Then the doorbell rang. Oh, Santa Claus was cursing a
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  Speaker 1: little bit all the way to the door. And he
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  Speaker 1: opened the door, and there was a little angel and
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  Speaker 1: a great big Christmas tree. And the angel said, Merry
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  Speaker 1: Christmas center, isn't it a lovely day? I have a
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  Speaker 1: beautiful tree for you. Isn't it a lovely tree? Where
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  Speaker 1: would you like me to stick? Thus began the tradition
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  Speaker 1: of the little Angel on top of the tree.