Nthawi ina, m'misewu yozungulira ya tawuni ya Rircent, kunakhalapo shopu yaying'ono yokhazikika ndi nyali zowala ndi zikondwerero zokopa. Shopu ili, yotchedwa "Tizino Zosangalatsa", zinali zotchuka pofalitsa chisangalalo ndi chisangalalo, makamaka panthawi yamatsenga ya Khrisimasi.
Pamtima pa shopuyi anasangalala kwambiri, kumene munthu angapeze chilichonse kuchokera ku zokongoletsera zokomera. Zina mwa zinthu izi zinali matumba ophatikizika ndi matumba a chikondwerero - matumba omwe sanali onyamula katundu wamba, koma matumbo a thonje a thonje okonzeka kuti adzazidwe ndi nthawi ya tchuthi.
Nkhani yomwe ili kumbuyo kwa zikwama zamtunduwu zomwe zinayamba ndi Lily dzina lake. Lily anali ndi neck yofalitsa chisangalalo ndipo adayipitsidwa ndikupanga phukusi labwino la mphatso zogulitsira. Atakhala ndi luso lake komanso kuwaza matsenga, kuvota kamtunda kosangalatsa kwambiri kokongola kwambiri kokongoletsa ndi zikondwerero zokongola komanso nthiti zowala.
Monga kufalitsa zolengedwa zamatsenga kwa kakombo, anthu ochokera kutali ndi kumangidwa ndi ma takitala achisangalalo kuti agwire manja pa matumba osangalatsa awa. Chikwama chilichonse sichinali chotengera tchuthi chamankhwala tchuthi koma kutchulidwa kwa chisangalalo chopatsa ndi mzimu wa Khrisimasi.
Mmodzi mwa anthu osayembekezereka makamaka anali mtsikana wachinyamata dzina lake Emily, yemwe anali ndi malingaliro apadera a kakombo. Agogo ake a Emily sanathe kuchokapo kunyumba kwa tchuthi chifukwa chakudwala, ndipo Emily anafuna kubweretsa matsenga a Khrisimasi kupita naye pafupi. Anayandikira Lily ndi kuchonderera mochokera pansi pa matumba a toco-ochezeka ndi mitundu yomwe agogo ake amawakonda komanso motere.
Atakhudzidwa ndi pempho la Emily, Lily adayamba kugwira ntchito, ndikupanga chizolowezi cha chizolowezi cha chinsinsi ndi chikondi ndi chisamaliro. Anakulitsa ndi zofewa komanso ma riboni a lavenda, monga momwe zidafotokozedwera. A Emily ataona kuti chikwama chomalizidwacho, maso ake ankakopeka ndi chidwi, podziwa kuti adzatha kubweretsa kachidutswa kakang'ono ka agogo ake.
Monga Emily anaperekera chikwama cha agogo a agogo ake, kumwetulira komwe kunafalikira kumaso kwake, ndipo kwakanthawi, chipindacho chidadzaza ndi kutentha ndi matsenga a tchuthi. Chikwama cha eco-ochezeka sichinasangalatse agogo ake a Emily komanso anali ndi luso logwirizana komanso kukhalira limodzi chikondi chomwe chingakhale moyo wonse.
Ndipo kotero, nkhani za zikwama zazomwe zidachitika zimapitilira kuchitika, kufalitsa chisangalalo ndi chisangalalo tchuthi kwa onse omwe adadutsa njira yawo. Chifukwa mu mtima uliwonse ndi mzimu weniweni wa Khrisimasi - mzimu wopatsa, chikondi, ndi chisangalalo chogawana mphindi zamtengo wapatali ndi iwo omwe amakumbatira.