Mu tawuni yokongola ya Chigwa chobiriwira nthawi zonse, pomwe chipale chofewa chinavina molakwika kudzera mumlengalenga ndipo masamba a masamba ophika atsopano amangidwa kuchokera kukhomo lililonse, apo panaima shopu ya Quament yaying'ono wokhala ndi tchuthi. Pakati pa magetsi owala ndi zikondwerero zokondweretsa, chinthu chimodzi chinaba chiwonetsero - matumba a Khrisimasi . Matumba a Khrisimasi amenewa amapangidwa ndi chisamaliro, osapangidwira kuti asatenge mphatso koma kuti asangalale ndi mzimu wa tchuthi.
Matumba awa sanali chabe kunyamula; Anapangidwa kuchokera ku zinthu zochezeka ndi anthu ochezeka , angwiro kwa iwo omwe akuyembekeza kukondwerera mokhazikika. Wokongoletsedwa ndi mawonekedwe oyera a reindeer, chipale chofewa, thumba lililonse linali ntchito yaluso, wokonzeka kugwira ntchito ndi kuchitira chidwi ndi anthu omwe okondedwa pafupi ndi kutali.
Tsiku lina Lachisanu, Sarah, mtsikana yemwe anali wachinyamata wokhala ndi mtima wotentha ngati malo oyaka moto, atalowa m'sitolo yosungirako mphatso yabwino ya tchuthi chake cha tchuthi. Pamene anali kulumphana ndi mashelufu odzazidwa ndi mitundu ya Khrisimasi ya Khrisimasi , maso ake anakangana ndi chisangalalo.
Ndikumwetulira kosangalatsa, Sarah adasankha matumba osiyanasiyana, aliyense amasankha mosamala kuti agwirizane ndi mphatsoyo ndi mphatso yomwe ingamugwire. Kuchokera pamagawo ang'onoang'ono osisita m'matumba akulu akulu, iye amadziwa kuti zokongola ndi zolimba zimapangitsa mphatso zake kukhala zosaiwalika.
Koma Sara anafuna kuwonjezera zondikhudza mtima, china chake chomwe chingapangitse iwo kukhala osiyana kwambiri. Potembenukira kwa wogulitsayo, anafunsa za kusinthika kwa matumba okhala ndi uthenga wake wapadera ndi kapangidwe kake.
Maso a shopuyo amalimbikira chifukwa amamufotokozera kuti kutembenuka mtima kunali kotheka, kupereka Sara mwayi wopangitsa mphatso zake zipange zochulukira. Ndi chisangalalo, Sarah adayika malo ake ovomerezeka ndi matumba a Khrisimasi , aliyense wonyamula uthenga wochokera pansi pamtima komanso kapangidwe ka manja ndi manja ake.
Kwa iwo omwe akufunafuna njira zambiri, shopuyo imaperekanso matumba okwanira makhothi akulu, kupangitsa kuti aliyense asangalale ndi chisangalalo cha tchuthi. Pamene sarah akamachoka ku sitolo, sanathe kuthandiza koma kuyamika chifukwa cha mwayi wofalitsa chisangalalo ndi abwenzi ake komanso abale ake nthawi yayitali pachaka.
M'masiku otsatira, Sarah anadzaza chikwama chilichonse mosamala ndi chikondi ndi kuchiza, podziwa kuti apangitsa kuti amwetulira nkhope za omwe amasangalala kwambiri. Ndipo kotero, matumba a Khrisimasi a Khrisimasi anayamba kungoyika; Awa anali chizindikiro cha chikondi ndi kulingalira kwa Sarah, kufalitsa kutentha ndi tchuthi cha tchuthi kulikonse komwe amapita. Pamene okondedwa ake sanathetse mphatso zawo, adamva mzimu weniweni wa Khrisimasi akuwala bwino m'matumbo onse osinthika komanso okonda ku Eco .