"Mommy, Mommy look at the beautiful
glitter card," the little girl said.
"Yes Amanda, it is a beautiful card.
Would you like me to buy it for you?” asked her mother. Amanda nodded her head
yes.
Amanda didn't know who to send the glitter
card to. The stars were shining so bright on the card; it was as if the card
was trying to tell her something. The little girl wondered what this special
card was trying to say.
It was two days before Christmas when her
uncle Gerard came and visited her. Amanda showed him her special glitter card
and asked him if he knew what the card was trying to tell her.
"Well Amanda, I think this card is very,
very special and you must decide what to do with it. You can send it to your
parents, friends, aunts, uncles or can give it away to someone special,"
said Uncle Gerard.
Amanda didn't want to mail it to anyone, or
give it away. She wanted to keep it forever. So she told her uncle that she
would keep the card until it told her what to do. Her uncle laughed, patted her
head, and gave her five dollars.
On Christmas Eve, Amanda went downtown to the
toy store. She loved looking in the windows and she knew that Santa Claus would
be giving her everything she had on her Christmas list. Standing next to her
was a mother with a child. They were dressed in torn clothes that didn't look
very warm. The little girl asked her mommy if Santa Claus would know they were
living in their car and would he bring her a gift this year? The little girl's
mommy had the saddest eyes Amanda ever saw. With a small tear falling down her
face the mother told her little girl, she hoped Santa Claus wouldn't forget
them.
Amanda pulled glitter card out of her pocket,
looked at it and then realized what the special glitter card was telling her.
Amanda reached into her other pocket, took out the five dollars Uncle Gerard
had given her and handed the card and the money to the mother.
Amanda ran all the way home. She was happy she
was able to help someone, but she missed her special glitter card.
Throughout her life, at Christmas time she
always remembered the "special glitter card" she once had. She had
told her children and grandchildren the story of her special card and how one
card and $5.00 helped made a Merry Christmas for one family.
One cold Christmas Eve, Amanda was sitting
alone on a park bench. A girl came over to Amanda and asked her why she was
crying. Amanda told the little girl, that her husband died two years ago and
her children have all moved away and she was all alone.
The girl reached into her pocket and pulled
out an old tattered card and handed it to Amanda saying: "Please take this
card. Many, many years ago someone gave this card and five dollars to my
great-grandmother on Christmas Eve. Great Granny told me it was the best
Christmas they ever had."
Amanda was shocked to see it was the card she
given away so many years ago. She was just about to tell the girl, that she was
the one who gave the card to her great-grandmother, when the girl reached into
her other pocket and pulled out five dollars. She handed Amanda the money and
said, "Please hold onto this card until you find someone ‘special’ to pass
it onto." With that the girl ran away.
As Amanda was looking at the glittered card,
she was shocked to see all the stars started to move. Instead of a group of
shining stars they now grouped together to form one bright, shining star.
Amanda now realized what this card was telling her so many years ago.
Christmas isn't about gifts, toys, parties or
pretty clothes.
Christmas is about love and sharing!
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