As a single parent of four children, money was always tight．It was Christmas time, and although there wasn't money for a lot of gifts, we planned to celebrate with a family party．But the big excitement for the kids was the fun of Christmas 1 ．
They planned weeks ahead of time, asking 2 what they wanted for Christmas．luckily, I have saved ＄120 for 3 to share by all five of us．
The big 4 arrived．I gave each kid a twenty－dollar bill and 5 them to look for gifts of about four dollars each．Then everyone scattered(散开)．We had two hours to shop．Then we would 6 back at the “ Santa's Workshop．”
Driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits 7 my younger daughter, Tina, who was unusual 8 ．She had only one small, flat bag with a few candies－fifty－cent candies! I was so angry, but I didn't say anything 9 we got home．I called her into my bedroom and closed the door, 10 to be angry again．This is what she told me：
“ I was looking 11 thinking of what to buy, and I 12 to read the title cards on the ‘Giving Trees．’ One was for a little girl, four years old．And all she 13 for Christmas was a doll．So I took the card off the tree and 14 the doll for her．We have so much and she doesn't have anything．”