tres bon, very good (pour les bilingues..)

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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