This book is a wonderful classic that we share every Christmas Eve.
Before going off to bed, my children, husband and I snuggle together to listen to William Hurt narrate this story as I turn the pages. We purchased this book through the advice of a old friend and we loved it from the first time we heard the story. Through his advice we created a tradition that has stayed with us for the last 18yrs!
The story begins with a boy who boards a train to the North Pole. Upon his arrival, Santa pulls him out of a large crowd of children and elves to choose any gift he desires for his gift, "The first gift of Christmas!". The boy chooses not a toy, not an item of great expense, but instead he chooses a bell from a reindeers harness. He loves this bell! He places it safely in his pyjama pocket so as not to lose it.
When the train drops him off at his home he reaches into his pocket for the bell only to find that it had fallen through a hole in his pocket. He tries to yell out to the conductor to tell him that he lost the bell, but he cannot hear him over the noise of the steaming horn of train. Instead he yells back to the boy to wish him a Merry Christmas.
He goes off to bed disappointed that Christmas is ruined. The following morning he gets up with his family to open gifts. After all the gifts have been opened, his mother finds a small box under the tree addressed to her son. As he opens this gift with curiosity he finds the bell with a note from Santa telling him to fix the hole in his pocket. He and his sister are so excited to find this bell. They shake the bell to hear it's glorious sound. As his mother admires this bell, she cannot hear the ringing of the bell and comments, "That's too bad. It's broken"
Is the bell really broken or can its sound only be heard by those who have the true spirit of Christmas?
Maybe this story will find a place into your Christmas traditions for you and your family to share.
2007 Silvana Rosati-Capizzano
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