Sven and Ole are off for Christmas vacation

[IRonMaN]

Since the guys are off, I had to find something else for filler.  In case I forget later in the week, Merry Christmas to everyone that celebrates it.  For those of you that don't celebrate it, at least enjoy the day off anyway.  Happy Holidays and bah humbug to all ---------------- and Festivus for the rest of us!

Oh, I almost forgot why I was here.  It's not really relevant to taxes so this post may soon disappear, but enjoy it while you can:

On a famous TV game show a blonde contestant needed only to answer one more question. One simple question stood between her and the $1,000,000 prize. "To be today's champion," the show's host smiled, "name two of Santa's reindeer." The blonde gave a sigh of relief because she had been given such an easy question. "Rudolph!" she said confidently, "and... Olive!" The studio audience started to applaud (as the little sign above their heads said to do) but the clapping quickly faded into mumbling, and the confused host replied, "Yes, we'll accept Rudolph, but could you please explain... 'Olive?!'" "You know," the woman circled her hand forward impatiently and began to sing, "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer - had a very shiny nose. And if you ever saw it, you would even say it glowed. *Olive,* the other reindeer..."

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 the pre-Christmas pressure.

Then Mrs. Claus told Santa that 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 when he began to load the sleigh, one of the floorboards cracked, the toy bag fell to the ground and all the toys were scattered.

Frustrated, Santa went in the house for a cup of apple cider and a shot of rum. When he went to the cupboard, he discovered the elves had drunk all the cider and hidden the liquor.

In his frustration, he accidentally dropped the cider jug, and it broke into hundreds of little glass pieces all over the kitchen floor.

He went to get the broom and found the mice had eaten all the straw off the end of the broom.

Just then the doorbell rang, and an irritated Santa marched to the door, yanked it open, and there stood a little angel with a great big Christmas tree.

The angel 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 thus began the tradition of the little angel on top of the Christmas tree.

[abctax55]

Thanks Jeff, dreary weather here but at least I'm not shoveling FEET of snow like last year.

I needed a laugh, and you always deliver.

Happy (all of 'em) holidays to you too.

[IRonMaN]

We had a lot of snow last year too ---------- which I miss about now.  We just have little traces of snow here and there and with Christmas Eve being forecast as 39 degrees and rain for Christmas Eve, it really doesn't look like odds are good for a white Christmas.  We had almost 50 degrees a week or so ago ------- it feels more like Halloween than Christmas here. ☹️