Reg since you mention Christmas here is a joke about it . You can say its a late early one.
A Christmas story for those who are having a bad day:
When four of Santa's elves got sick, the trainee elves did not produce toys as fast as the regular ones and Santa began to feel Pre-Christmas pressure .
Then Mrs Claus told Santa her mother was coming to visit, which stressed Santa even more.
When he went to harness the reindeer , he found that three of them were about to give birth and two others had jumped the fence and were out. Heaven knows where.
Then he began to load his sleigh, one of the floorboards cracked, the toy bag fell to the ground and all the toys were scattered.
Frustrated, Santa went into the house for a cup of apple cider and a shot of rum. When he went into the cupboard , he discovered the elves had drank all the cider and had hidden the liquor . In his frustration , he accidentally dropped the cider jug and it broke into hundreds of little pieces of glass all over the kitchen floor . He went to get the broom and the mice had eaten all the straw off the end of the broom.
Just then the doorbell rang and and irritated Santa marched to the door, Yanked it open, and there stood a little fairy with a great big Christmas tree.
The fairy said very cheerfully, "Merry Christmas Santa". "Isn't this 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 fairy on top of the Christmas tree....
JTL,
I think it's about time you went into the self publishing business in time for a Xmas edition of " Jokes from the Frozen North"