Why doesnt my block render in the header?

Question

This is my Local.XML

<reference name="header">
        <block type="cms/block" name="topsocial" as="topsocial">
        <action method="setBlockId"><block_id>topsocial</block_id>
        </action>
        </block>
</reference>

This is my header.phtml placement

<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('topsocial') ?>

I created the static block in the admin panel with the same name. May I ask why its not working? The block is 4 LI's with Font Awesome icons.

Answer 1

I figured it out. The error was in my xml. I forgot to wrap my reference tags inside of default tags.