December 21st

Reindeer Mayhem

The local community got together one year, and decided that they would bring an authentic flavour to the festivities. They hired a herd of reindeer from Norway, to pull Santa's sleigh.

All was quite well, they were settled quite nicely in the open paddock of Creighton Ward manor. That was, until a blizzard blew in along with sub zero temperatures.

Fearing that the Animal Rights groups would throw a mega fit over the treatment of such noble creatures - they'd already complained profusely about the fact that it was cruel to have these animals strapped to a sleigh and forced to pull it around the streets - Penny agreed to house them in their stables.

And that's when things went terribly wrong.

Just as they were being herded in, one of the attendants slammed the door, causing a clump of snow to fall down. It spooked the lead reindeer, and from then onwards, the rest just followed suit as the alpha male charged the fence, breaking it down and headed straight towards the main entrance to the manor.

Antiques soon became casualties, as well as rugs and carpets. Snow, mud and worse still … reindeer poop, were trailed throughout the ground floor until the reindeer were finally brought to a halt.

Needless to say, the villagers never again brought up the idea of having live reindeer to their Christmas parade.

Ever.

Again.