Christmas presents

 

정말 오래전에 썼던 영어 글이다. 그때 일했던 학교 교지에 실린글이다. 지금 읽어 보면 여기저기 어색한 표현들이 많이 발견되지만 크리스마스 주일이 시작되는 일요일 아침 그냥 생각나 그때 표현 그대로 거의 수정 없이 다시 올려 본다. 그때의 생각, 그리고 느낌은 아직까지 변하지 않았으니까

 

Christmas presents

 

After a long waiting for the evening before the Christmas day, I started to prepare for the presents which Santa Claus would bring me. I was so happy because I could get the toys which I had wanted to get for a long time.

 

"If you hang the picture on the wall above the door, Santa Claus will come to you and give you a lot of presents." said my teacher about Christmas day. Just like all second year students at the elementary school, I believed all of the stories that the teacher told me at the classroom.

 

When the winter vacation was just around the conner, my teacher told us a lot about Christ and Christmas day. She told us to draw Santa Claus and the deers at the art class, saying that Santa Claus would bring us many presents if we were good and begaved well. I tried hard to be a good boy and did my best to draw a good picture.

 

At that time my family was so poor that my parents were very busy making their living. They also had not any care about the matters such as arts, music and religion, and they didn't have any knowledge about them. Until the time when my teacher told me all the things such sa Christmas day and Santa Claus, I had never known about them.

 

In the early morning of the Christmas day, I woke up with great excitement ahd hope. As soon as I got up, I started to search for my Christmas presents for a long while. My mother asked me with great surprise, "What are you doing, my son? What do you search for? Are you OK?" My mother seemed to be very surprised at my strange behavior, but I could not say anything except the fact that I was all right. Anyway I could not find any gifts on the Christma day.

 

I felt so sorry that I choud not eat anything in the morning. I asked myself, "Why didn't he give me presents? Am I such a bad boy? What's wrong with me?" Above all I was very afraid that I should be a spoiled kid.

 

It took me so long long years to understand why Santa Claus didn't bring me Christmas gifts.  I was never such a spoiled kid that Santa Claus would not want to give presents. My Santa Claus(my parents) always loved me and passionately wanted to bring me some presents.  However, My Santa Claus was poor, so he couldn't prepare Christmas presents. Also my Santa Claus never felt any meaning of Christmas day because he was not a Christian. 

 

Now as a grown-up who has two kids, I often come to know that I received all things from my Santa. He gave me love, life, and all things he had. Although my Santa did not get any public education at all and so he did not know much about new knowledge, he did his best to lead me to right way. I always think that I am the procuct of his hard workings and efforts. I feel proud of my Santa and thank him for what I am.