Daddy's Secret Christmas Wish

<P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify><SPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial>Can a person change their outlook on Christmas and the self-<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify><SPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial>centeredness they have towards gift-giving? What events would need to<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify><SPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial>occur in your life that'd take you to the realization that there's more to life <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify><SPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial>than . . . stuff?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify><SPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify><SPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial><SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes>     </SPAN>Year after year as a child Allen and his Daddy went Christmas<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify><SPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial>shopping together and both wished upon an age-old wishing well. Allen's<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify><SPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial>wish was consistent year after year. He never knew his Daddy's secret <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify><SPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial>wish and may never know . . . until now.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify><SPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify><SPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial><SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes>     </SPAN>Life was hard money was tight. In Allen's eyes; no one's life was as<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify><SPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial>bad as his. Scarred by tragedies of Christmas past and the certainty of<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify><SPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial>future disappointment his outlook on Christmas continued to deteriorate<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify><SPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial>each year.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify><SPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify><SPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial><SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes>     </SPAN>He'd lost the most important people in his life and is now facing the<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>