| He woke up suddenly and completely. It was five | | | | Christmas gifts. It was clear to him that they loved |
| o'clock. Christmas day finally came and he had | | | | each other in the family. |
| planned for a long time for the day. His childhood and | | | | |
| youth were long past, and his own children had | | | | How lucky that he had been able to love and be |
| grown up and gone. | | | | loved! Ah, that was the true joy of life, the ability to |
| Yesterday he said to his wife, "Let's have a special | | | | love and the feelings of being loved! Some people |
| Christmas of our own." | | | | may be unable to love anyone in their lifetime, but |
| Then she said, "It's all right, but do not trim the tree | | | | love was around him. |
| until tomorrow, Michael. I'm tired." She had tired | | | | The stars gradually faded outside the window. He |
| herself out yesterday with cleaning the house. | | | | got out of bed and put on his slippers, bathrobe and |
| He had agreed, and the tree was still out of the | | | | went downstairs softly. He brought in the tree, and |
| door. This was the reason for he woke up so early. | | | | carefully trimmed it. Then he went to his study and |
| He remembered those Christmas when he was a | | | | brought the little box that contained his special gift to |
| child. He lived on his father's farm at that time. It was | | | | his wife, a diamond Tiffany necklace, not large, but |
| really happy at that time. They all sat around the | | | | beautiful in design. He wanted to tell her how much |
| table, talking and laughing. Mum would also do | | | | he loved her. He sealed it with a card and tied it on |
| something tasteful for them. He helped his mother | | | | the tree. |
| with that. His sister sewed presents, and his parents | | | | When this was finished, he put out the light and |
| always prepared for him anything he needed, may be | | | | went tiptoeing up the stairs. Outside the window, the |
| a book or a pair of UGG boots. And then in the early | | | | first ray of the sun was gleaming in the east, what a |
| morning on Christmas day, they would get their | | | | lovely and blessed Christmas! |