A CHRISTMAS VISITOR
Book ID/图书代码： 14780005B01358
English Summary/英文概要： Sometimes when things are at their worst, when you think life can’t get any bleaker or colder, a single star pierces the sky? shedding its light like an unexpected blessing, a beacon of hope?
George Boyajian dreads the approach of yet another Christmas?the twelfth he and his wife will suffer through since losing their son John in the Gulf War. The awful news came on Christmas Eve. Since then the season has held no peace or joy?only heartache for those John left behind. And this year looks to be even worse, as their daughter faces a crisis that threatens to splinter the family still further.
Determined to lift some of the gloom from the season, George sets out to bring Christmas back. As his wife and daughter stand numbly by, he sends out cards, makes plans, gets the old lights and ornaments down from the attic. Then, heading into town on a mission to buy the most beautiful tree ever, he stops to pick up a quiet young man in need of a ride?a Gulf War veteran about the same age as John would now be. Drawn to the stranger, George impulsively invites him home for the holidays, risking the rest of the family?s anger and dismay.
But what happens instead is some kind of miracle. The presence of this somehow-familiar soldier is like a spring thaw, making the house feel like a home again and allowing George and his loved ones to finally open their hearts to memories without sorrow. As the visitor listens, the Boyajians talk?for the first time?about the past? and about how much John meant to each of them. This holiday, a stranger?s gift of love and hope will work the greatest magic of all, as a family in need finds their way back to each other and makes Christmas a blessing once more...
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 有时候当情况糟到极点，生活残酷或凄惨到不能再悲惨的地步时，往往这时会有颗启明星划过天空，带来意想不到的祝福，带来无限希望。
George Boyajian害怕又一个圣诞节的到来-----这个圣诞节是他们的儿子John在海湾战争中阵亡后的第十二个年头。那个可怕的消息也是在圣诞前夜传来的，自那以后，圣诞季节就失去了平静和快乐，对于John的家人来说，John留下的只有扼腕叹息。而今年情况就更糟糕了，因为他们的独生女正遇到一个足以给原本四分五裂的家庭带去更大创伤的危机。
今年，George决心要把圣诞季节中的郁闷气氛统统赶走，让全家人重新过上圣诞节。而妻子和女儿对他的想法却袖手旁观，任凭他一个人忙着到处寄圣诞卡，制定规划，从阁楼上搬来旧的闪烁灯和装饰挂品，一点热情也没有。然而在去镇上买圣诞树的途中他让一位不声不响的年轻人搭了车------这位年轻人是海湾战争的退役兵，要是John还活着的话，也和他差不多大。不知什么原因，George对这位陌生人很感兴趣，还把他带回家一起过圣诞，显然不把家里其他人的怒气和沮丧放在眼里。
但是情况并没那么糟，相反陌生人的出现给George全家带来转机，这位似曾相识的士兵就像春天的融雪一样，感化了大家，给原本毫无生息的家庭送去了温馨，也帮助George 和他的亲人们勇敢面对悲惨过去的力量。现在这位圣诞稀客愿意做一位忠实的聆听者，听Boyajian一家人道出久久淤积在心中地痛楚，以及John对大家来说到底有多重要。这个圣诞节，陌生人带给困境中的一家人传递了爱与希望，而这样一份弥足珍贵的礼物创造了最了不起的魔法，因为他感动了Boyajian全家，使大家重新彼此敞开心扉。圣诞节又有了它原本的味道----给家人带去祝福。
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