A North Pole story of Christmas traditions It was not shaping up to be a Merry Christmas at the North Pole. Mr. Claus was buttoning his suspenders when an angel popped in out of nowhere, yelling ""HEY SANTA!"". That caused his fingers to lose grip, and the whole thing snapped him in the eye. When he got out to the elves, they were all grumbling because of the stickers they had to put on. A Chinese expedition had come in and claimed sovereignty of his little magic island on the pole, and he'd all…