An actor's dreams and doubts presents: Kriss Ader from France. She is full with enthusiasm she can make anyone smile. Happy Birthday Kriss!! The word is hers.
NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Once upon a time, a mother gave
birth to a tiny little girl, at the beginning of the winter season. The snow
covered every inch of the beautiful landscape. During this particular night,
only the sound of the newborn echoed in the valley. Because she was born in
December, her parents decided to name her after the Christmas celebration. They
called her Christine.
The child was growing up really fast
and she was bright and very dynamic. She invented stories while playing with
the bunnies, the chickens, the goats and the sheep of the family. She was inventive,
and preferred to be alone, or with the animals, rather than play with her
siblings. Every year in December, she would talk less and less until the end of
the month where she was totally silent. And she would start all over again in
January, as if nothing happened.
On the morning of the 1st December, when she was a few days
away from her twelfth birthday, she stopped talking and went back to her
periodic depression. She would eat almost nothing, have a blank stare and she
would only look through the window all day long. The parents and siblings had no
idea how they could help this usually so joyful child. So they decided for the
very first time, to prepare a surprise for her: they took all the Christmas
decorations and filled the stable and the garden with these. There were garden
gnomes, sugar apples, colorful cookies, and stuffed eggs everywhere. The family
was far from being wealthy, but they would manage every year to make a nice
Christmas day… they would spend a part of the year just on preparing the event.
But things would have to be different; the father decided that Christine would
need more attention than the day.
On the twelfth day of the twelfth
month, the rooster opened the ball with a nice and typical sound. The first
light of dawn entered the room, gently waking the girl. That day was not snowy
as usually. You could hear the silence, the muffled songs of some birds.
Christine felt the sunbeams on her face and opened her eyes. Without smiling
but surprised by such a beautiful light, she got up and went to remove the fog
from the window. The show that she discovered made her eyes open as big as possible.
First, she saw a snowman, something that she had never seen before, garden
gnomes surrounded him, and some buckets filled with sweets. Christine put a
robe on, jumped into her shoes and opened the door wide to the house. The sun
was warming her face and her soul; she could feel that this particular moment
was like a dream. Silence and beauty. A smile appeared on her face.
She walked through the garden and
felt the cold breeze on her cheeks. When she came up to the snowman, she
realized how big it was and she stared at him for a while... until the candies
caught her attention. She grabbed a cookie and started to eat it. Only then,
she realized there was an access to the stable: the snow was not blocking the
entrance like it was yesterday and the day before that. Looking forward to see
her friends, she decided to take some cookies, in order to share them with the goats, chickens, sheep and
bunnies... But when she opened the door, not only her pets were there, but also
the entire family. Her parents, the four sisters and the brother were waiting
for Christine to find them. In the mean time, they had prepared a wonderful
table where all the animals and family members could sit and share an amazing
meal.
Christine had a reaction at last she
started to cry. All the people and pets surrounded her, hoping that she was not
heart-broken. On the contrary, she said, she was as well as she never was
before! It was the first time of her entire life that she could express herself
during the month of December. Everybody got emotional, because she could
finally put her feelings into words... After a very long meal and lots of
laughs around the table, Christine stood up and started to speak. She thanked
every member of her family and each one of the animals for being there for her.
She also thanked the universe for having created such a beautiful snowman over
the night (nobody ever told her the truth about its construction). And she
finished by explaining herself: since the very minute that she was born,
everything during winter was turning around the preparations for Christmas.
Even her name was a tribute to the so-called family event, but the entire
family had never realized before that they were making parties for each and
every member of the family for their birthday during the year, but they never
thought about hers, because of this “so important” event happening in the same
month. The parents looked at each other, ashamed. The siblings were silent and
thoughtful, because they knew that everything was true. Their birthday was
celebrated every year, they would receive a fresh fruit basket or some other
nice present, but they simply never remembered their little sister's date of birth.
After such an explanation and so
many emotions, everybody was glad to be a part of the arrangement. They cleaned
everything together, while singing some improvised songs and they had lots of
fun. On Christmas day, they got together again and congratulated each other for
this year spent, but had no present for anybody this time. . Only some amazing
remembrances to share. They decided that from now on, every birthday would be
celebrated and Christmas would only be one of the numerous occasions to get
together. The family lived happily ever after.
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| December 12 |
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