diff --git a/mozilla/dom/src/nsJSAttribute.cpp b/mozilla/dom/src/nsJSAttribute.cpp
index 91c66d00920..63c63ec3cf0 100644
--- a/mozilla/dom/src/nsJSAttribute.cpp
+++ b/mozilla/dom/src/nsJSAttribute.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ PR_STATIC_CALLBACK(JSBool)
 GetAttributeProperty(JSContext *cx, JSObject *obj, jsval id, jsval *vp)
 {
   nsIDOMAttribute *attribute = (nsIDOMAttribute*)JS_GetPrivate(cx, obj);
-  NS_ASSERTION(nsnull != attribute, "null pointer");
+  // NS_ASSERTION(nsnull != attribute, "null pointer");
 
   if (JSVAL_IS_INT(id)) {
     switch(JSVAL_TO_INT(id)) {
diff --git a/mozilla/dom/src/nsJSAttributeList.cpp b/mozilla/dom/src/nsJSAttributeList.cpp
index b6700756fb6..e5c16ac8539 100644
--- a/mozilla/dom/src/nsJSAttributeList.cpp
+++ b/mozilla/dom/src/nsJSAttributeList.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ PR_STATIC_CALLBACK(JSBool)
 GetAttributeListProperty(JSContext *cx, JSObject *obj, jsval id, jsval *vp)
 {
   nsIDOMAttributeList *attributeList = (nsIDOMAttributeList*)JS_GetPrivate(cx, obj);
-  NS_ASSERTION(nsnull != attributeList, "null pointer");
+  // NS_ASSERTION(nsnull != attributeList, "null pointer");
 
   if (JSVAL_IS_INT(id)) {
     switch(JSVAL_TO_INT(id)) {
diff --git a/mozilla/dom/src/nsJSDocument.cpp b/mozilla/dom/src/nsJSDocument.cpp
index 5be61500087..c24bba32600 100644
--- a/mozilla/dom/src/nsJSDocument.cpp
+++ b/mozilla/dom/src/nsJSDocument.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "nsIDOMDocument.h"
 #include "nsIDOMNode.h"
 #include "nsIDOMElement.h"
+#include "nsString.h"
 
 static NS_DEFINE_IID(kIScriptObjectIID, NS_ISCRIPTOBJECT_IID);
 static NS_DEFINE_IID(kIScriptObjectOwnerIID, NS_ISCRIPTOBJECTOWNER_IID);
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ PR_STATIC_CALLBACK(JSBool)
 GetDocumentProperty(JSContext *cx, JSObject *obj, jsval id, jsval *vp)
 {
   nsIDOMDocument *document = (nsIDOMDocument*)JS_GetPrivate(cx, obj);
-  NS_ASSERTION(nsnull != document, "null pointer");
+  // NS_ASSERTION(nsnull != document, "null pointer");
 
   if (JSVAL_IS_INT(id)) {
     switch(JSVAL_TO_INT(id)) {
@@ -165,7 +166,29 @@ CreateDocumentContext(JSContext *cx, JSObject *obj, uintN argc, jsval *argv, jsv
 PR_STATIC_CALLBACK(JSBool)
 CreateElement(JSContext *cx, JSObject *obj, uintN argc, jsval *argv, jsval *rval)
 {
-  //XXX TBI
+  nsIDOMDocument *document = (nsIDOMDocument*)JS_GetPrivate(cx, obj);
+
+  if (nsnull != document) {
+    if (argc > 0) {
+      JSString*       jsstring1 = JSVAL_TO_STRING(argv[0]);
+      nsString        tagName(JS_GetStringChars(jsstring1));
+      nsIDOMElement*  element;
+  
+      if (NS_OK == document->CreateElement(tagName, nsnull, &element)) {
+        // get the js object
+        nsIScriptObjectOwner *owner = nsnull;
+        if (NS_OK == element->QueryInterface(kIScriptObjectOwnerIID, (void**)&owner)) {
+          JSObject *object = nsnull;
+          if (NS_OK == owner->GetScriptObject(cx, (void**)&object)) {
+            // set the return value
+            *rval = OBJECT_TO_JSVAL(object);
+          }
+          NS_RELEASE(owner);
+        }
+        NS_RELEASE(element);
+      }
+    }
+  }
   return JS_TRUE;
 }
 
diff --git a/mozilla/dom/src/nsJSElement.cpp b/mozilla/dom/src/nsJSElement.cpp
index 63aa3f45578..9d16b8e088a 100644
--- a/mozilla/dom/src/nsJSElement.cpp
+++ b/mozilla/dom/src/nsJSElement.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ PR_STATIC_CALLBACK(JSBool)
 GetElementProperty(JSContext *cx, JSObject *obj, jsval id, jsval *vp)
 {
   nsIDOMElement *element = (nsIDOMElement*)JS_GetPrivate(cx, obj);
-  NS_ASSERTION(nsnull != element, "null pointer");
+  // NS_ASSERTION(nsnull != element, "null pointer");
 
   if (JSVAL_IS_INT(id)) {
     switch(JSVAL_TO_INT(id)) {
diff --git a/mozilla/dom/src/nsJSNodeIterator.cpp b/mozilla/dom/src/nsJSNodeIterator.cpp
index 54e4b020150..502e0839096 100644
--- a/mozilla/dom/src/nsJSNodeIterator.cpp
+++ b/mozilla/dom/src/nsJSNodeIterator.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ PR_STATIC_CALLBACK(JSBool)
 GetNodeIteratorProperty(JSContext *cx, JSObject *obj, jsval id, jsval *vp)
 {
   nsIDOMNodeIterator *nodeIterator = (nsIDOMNodeIterator*)JS_GetPrivate(cx, obj);
-  NS_ASSERTION(nsnull != nodeIterator, "null pointer");
+  // NS_ASSERTION(nsnull != nodeIterator, "null pointer");
 
   if (JSVAL_IS_INT(id)) {
     switch(JSVAL_TO_INT(id)) {