PINOTTE:
Celine, did you finish buying your gifts for Christmas?
CELINE:
Oh yes Pinotte, I found something for each name I had on my list. And you Pinotte?
PINOTTE:
Oh no, nothing, I bought nothing. I have almost no money.
It is discouraging and it makes me sad.
CELINE:
But Pinotte, you must not be sad. To exchange some gifts is a symbol of love
we have fun in giving pleasure and in giving somebody a surprise.
PINOTTE:
Anyway, I look mean and I am sad, really sad.
CELINE:
But Pinotte, you must not be. Why so much sadness just before Christmas?
PINOTTE:
Well, I wanted to buy some beautiful and big warm, mittens,
some mittens with fur for my mother,
and some similar gloves for my father. I would love to please them
and I will not be able to because I don't have enough money.
CELINE:
For heaven's sake Pinotte, your father and mother know
that you don't have enough money to buy such big gifts
PINOTTE:
But they will buy some big gifts for me, I know that, I know them,
and me, I will only be able to buy some ridiculous things, not expensive.
I am telling you, I will look mean. I really would like to please them.
CELINE:
But Pinotte, you can please them, by showing your love for them,
without being having to buy some mittens or some fur gloves.
PINOTTE:
Yes, I could perhaps buy a box ofchocolates, or a scarf, or a tie,
but everything costs so much, and I don't have enough money.
Oh it will be so embarrassing.
CELINE:
Pinotte, you didn't understand what I said. You don't have to buy something,
you can do it yourself, make your own gifts.
PINOTTE:
But Celine, I am not able to make gloves.
CELINE:
No, but you can do something else. A Christmas gift for someone you love,
and especially for your mother and father is not expensive you know,
and the gits I am speaking of can not be bought.
PINOTTE:
What are these gifts?
CELINE:
The prescence, the gift of ones self, the love of my dear Pinotte.
PINOTTE:
Yeah, I wonder how I would wrap that.
CELINE:
It is for this reason that we say that the most beautiful gifts are unwrapped.
PINOTTE:
Oh yes, I heard my mother saying that.
CELINE:
Then you must certainly have also heard her saying:
"It is not the size of the gift that is important, but the intention."
PINOTTE:
Yes, yes, she said that too, when Daddy asked her what she would like for Christmas.
CELINE:
Did you also hear:
"It isn't what we give that is more important, but the way that we give it"
PINOTTE:
Yeah, yeah, I think I am beginning to understand. Not completely,
but enough in order to know what I will give my mother and father as Christmas gifts.
I learn well, don't I?
CELINE:
Yes Pinotte, when we listen to our heart, we learn a lot of things Pinotte.
PINOTTE:
Now I am glad, I have it,
I have the Christmas gift for my mother and my father at the same time.
CELINE:
So that's it, your great sadness is over Pinotte?
PINOTTE:
Yes, I am very happy. And their Christmas gift, Ican't wait to give it to them.
CELINE:
Pinotte, could I know what you decided to give for Christmas?
PINOTTE:
Of course, it's you Celine who gave me the idea.
I am going to take a beautiful coloured cardboard that I have in my bedroom.
I am going to fold it in two in order to create a pretty card,
and with some beautiful crayons I will write inside:
"Mummy and Daddy, thank you for your love. I love you too,
for Christmas I want to give you all my life."
CELINE:
Oh, how beautiful Pinotte, I am so happy you understood.
I am certain that you'll give them the most beautiful gift of their lives.
PINOTTE:
Celine?
CELINE:
Yes?
PINOTTE:
Thank you for your idea about the gift.
Thanks for helping me to understand.
Merry Christmas, I love you Celine.
CELINE:
I love you too Pinotte. Merry Christmas.