Review: A touching and inspirational short story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 4, 2011
This short story is an inspirational story of a grandfather's telling of the first Christmas tree to his grandchildren.  When Grandfather came in to visit that Christmas, the four boys were fighting in the living room where they had almost knocked the Christmas tree over. Their parents were in the kitchen having words, and their mother didn't even greet Grandfather, but instead asked her dad to keep an eye on the boys.  There was definitely no Christmas spirit in the house that year.But Grandfather had the right idea.  He separated the boys and made them stop bickering, straightened up the Christmas tree and settled in to tell his grandsons a story. The story he told was one of love, faith and hope, and the narrator, who is one of the grandsons, carried this tradition over into his own holidays by telling it to his children, and they told it to theirs.  Grandfather had made an important and meaningful visit that Christmas.I loved this story, and the story within. It's a nice way to start the holidays and a nice way to remember the true meaning of Christmas.