Question about Christmas.?

Late Christmas week I was rushing around trying to get some last minute

shopping done. I was stressed out and not thinking very fondly of the season

right then. It was dark, cold and wet in the parking lot as I started

loading my car up with gifts that I felt obligated to buy. I noticed that I

was missing a receipt that I might need later. So, mumbling under my breath,

I retraced my steps to the mall entrance.

As I was searching the wet pavement for the lost receipt, I heard a quiet

sobbing. The crying was coming from a poorly dressed boy of about 12 years

old. He was short and thin. He had no coat. He was just wearing a ragged

flannel shirt to protect him from the cold night's chill. Oddly enough, he

was holding a hundred dollar bill in his hand.

Thinking that he had gotten lost from his parents, I asked him what was

wrong. He told me his sad story.

He said that he came from a large family. He had three brothers and four

sisters. His father had died when he was nine years old. His mother was

poorly educated and worked two full time jobs. She made very little to

support her large family. Nevertheless, she had managed to skimp and save

two hundred dollars to buy her children Christmas presents. The young boy

had been dropped off by his mother on the way to her second job. He was to

use the money to buy presents for all his siblings and save just enough to

take the bus home. He had not even entered the mall when a boy grabbed one

of the hundred dollar bills and disappeared into the night.

"Why didn't you scream for help?" I asked.

The boy said, "I did."

"And nobody came to help you?" I queried.

The boy stared at the sidewalk and sadly shook his head.

"How loud did you scream?" I inquired.

The soft-spoken boy looked up and meekly whispered, "Help me!"

I realized that absolutely no one could hear that poor boy cry for help.

So I grabbed his other hundred dollar bill and ran.

I'm Christian and I do celebrate christmas :) to me christmas is a holiday for Jesus' birth. It's also for families and friends getting together. Jesus was actually born on December 24th, which is christmas eve. I know a lot of people who aren't Christians and celebrate Xmas :) it's basically a holiday for everyone. some people have different beliefs so not everyone thinks/believes the same. Hope this helped!