A Christmas Fairytale

posted on 7th December 2011 by Daniela

Once upon a time, in the freeze of the winter, the Scorecomms office was locked for the night. As the temperature dipped, the windows started to frost and the darkness overtook any colour that was there in the day.

Suddenly, from the depths of the cupboard, a bright light shone. It was so bright that it cast a ray of life into the office. With twinkles of sparkly dust, a small fairy dressed in pink emerged. The fairy was called Laurence.

With a blink of his eyes, a Christmas tree appeared in the middle of the office. Its branches slowly opened as if alive. Laurence delicately added Christmas lights to the tree, flashes of red, blue, yellow and green throwing a seasonal glow onto the computer screens and desks of the daytime visitors. One after the other, baubles were adding to the branches.

With a long jump, Laurence sat himself at the top as the angel, and the Christmas tree was complete.

But Laurence was lonely. Year after year he had been at the top of the tree wishing for some companions, but his wishes were never answered. With a tear, he once again wished he could share the Christmas tree and the spirit of the festive season with some friends.

All of a sudden, there was a tap at the window. Wiping his face, Laurence dashed to see who or what it was. He heaved the window open and was greeted by a robin.

"Hi! My name is Daniela!" the robin said, "It's starting to snow out here and my friends and I are feeling very cold, could we come in and stay for the night?"

"Of course," beamed Laurence with a huge grin on his face, and in moments he was surrounded by new faces.

Greg the Elf, Andre the Angel, Jo the Snowman and Andy the Jester bundled into the office singing Christmas carols. They were in awe of the Christmas tree and they jumped onto it, taking a spot to sleep for the night. Laurence smiled more than he had ever smiled before, once again taking his spot at the top of the tree, though this time he was a lot happier.

Before any of them could fall asleep, they heard the jingle of sleigh bells and someone in red jumped down from the aircon unit. It was Santa!!

"Ho ho ho," cried Jonathan the Santa, "Merry Christmas!!"

Everyone on the tree clapped in delight and all began to dance as Santa's helpers, Harriet the Reindeer and Amanda the Christmas pudding, passed presents around. It was a joyous night!!

Later on, as everyone once again took their place on the tree and fell asleep, Laurence said a little thank you to whoever had granted his wish. And it so happened that they all loved the atmosphere of the Scorecomms office, the comfyness of the Christmas tree and the fun they all had together, that they all decided to stay!

And this is how it is to this day: the Scorecomms Christmas tree decorated with cute little faces, all overlooked by Laurence.

And they all lived happily ever after...