Question

What is Connie’s Christmas present? Why is it the best Christmas present in the world?

Answer 1

Hint: This question is taken from the lesson “The best Christmas present in the world”. The story is about Connie and her husband who was in a war. She was waiting for her husband to celebrate Christmas with him and when she got the letter from the narrator, she thought that her husband had come back from war.

Complete answer:
  The story is a great example of empathy and kindness. It also depicts how a small gesture can make a person happy and full of joy. War only results in hatred and destruction and has not done any good since time immemorial. A small gesture of kindness can make this world a better place for all.

When the narrator came to give the box he found in his desk to Connie, she mistook him as her husband who had returned home from war. This was her Christmas present. This was the best Christmas present in the world because in the letter Jim had written that he will come home on Christmas. She had tears in her eyes when she read the letter and for her it was the best Christmas present in the world.

The letter was very precious to her but what’s more precious was her delusion that the man who came with the letter was her husband, Jim. She was overwhelmed with that and considered it to be the best gift anyone can get on Christmas.

Note:
-The author of the story is Michael Morpurgo. He was an English author, playwright, poet, and librettist and was famous for writing children’s novels.
-The theme of the lesson is universal friendliness. The story depicts how the soldiers in both the camps wanted peace and harmony even though their country was at war with each other. It shows that love always conquers hate and there exists no enmity between both the sides.