Six Tiny Reindeer?

Christmas Jeopardized by Military Maneuvers
  
     

 

             
 

What should have been a routine weapons test this summer took a turn for the worst when the test operators received complaints from an unexpected source, directly above them. One of the missiles which was supposed to soar harmlessly up into the air met with an unexpected target: A sleigh and eight tiny reindeer. Santa was apparently making a practice run when the missile went off. "He was just in the wrong place at the wrong time." a military spokesperson told the press, "Of course he showed up on our radar, but we thought he was a bird."
Santa was quite shaken up. "It was completely uncalled for! They need to learn to watch where they're shooting those things. It came out of nowhere, and my reindeer were terrified. I was worried for a moment that I wouldn't be able to get them under control."

       "They're a good bunch, though, and they came through, but Donner and Cupid were pretty banged up, and I don't know yet if they'll be able to make the big run this December. I can get stand-ins, of course, but I hate to. When you've been working with the same team for hundreds of years, you get pretty comfortable with one another. I don't want to upset that if I can help it."
The military is taking no responsibility, and Santa has already responded by taking the Pentagon off his yearly route. Hopefully this is an isolated incident or we may one day find ourselves without a holiday to celebrate courtesy of an overzealous defense department.		  
             

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