The Importance of Christmas

 Simon was a big and fearless kid. He had dangerous sense of humor. He would bully his so called friends and say that he was only joking. So all in all he was a spoiled kid, or as others thought, but the most weirdest things was that he himself didn’t even know he was a bully.

Simon had no father as he had died in the cold war, so he lived with his mother and little brother. They lived in a small house located on an empty street. Simon had no problem with that but Simon was about to experience something that would change him completely.

It was nearly Christmas and his presents had arrived. Simon, upon looking at the presents, was overcome with a sense of greediness and he told his mother “ Mum! I’m going out to hang out with my friends.” His mother replied by saying “ Ok dear, but come back quickly, our favorite Christmas special is about to start. Simon promised he would come quickly and went out of the house. But he didn’t  linger around for his friends he put his real plan into action, to open the presents hid in his mother’s closet. He climbed the back window and stealthy entered the closet. As he opened his presents he was disappointed to see that he had not got what he wanted so he proceeded to open his brother’s presents but before he could open it a ghost appeared in front of him. He couldn’t believe his eyes! He had thought they were only in  movies and stuff but here was the living (well dead but you know what I mean) proof that this earth was inhabited not only by humans but others species as well. The ghost, who looked old and very fragile spook to him in a croaky voice and introduced himself, “ I am the ghost of the Christmas past and I am here to punish you for ruining this special day not only for yourself, but for your family and friends too and due to your cruelness you shall be treated harshly and will only be forgiven when learn the true meaning of Christmas.” Shock registered on every line on his face and before he could even open his mouth, in a blink of an eye, he found himself in a place he knew nothing about. 

Simon wad pretty sure this was not his neighborhood and after looking around for a while he confirmed his theory. As he watched people arrived from every direction and spoke in low grunts and loud shouts. He also saw most of the wearing 18th century outfits. He was observing this strange area when a couple of boys saw him and smiled evilly and headed towards him. Simon was not sure whether to run or not but his proudness for his fearless self kept him rooted on the spot and when the boys reached him they started playing pranks on him. With a jolt, he remembered doing the same things to his friends back home and he tried to fight back but there were too many of them. At last when the boys left they called out to him “ don’t take it personally it was only for a bit of fun!” 

As Simon was turning to leave he found himself face to face with the ghost who said “ This was the past Simon, to show you how each of your pranks hurt others and what they feel inside after you leave them. Now another ghost will take you to the present and show you your punishment.” 

A little while later another ghost appeared, this one was a little healthier than the other one but this one had a menacing look in his face. The new ghost said “Hello Simon, I am the ghost of Christmas present and what I am about to show you will change your life.” And suddenly Simon was in a party, a birthday party  of his friend. He thought to himself and said, well this isn’t so bad and tried to talk to his friend but his friend didn't hear him. He shouted in his ear but he still couldn’t hear him and a dawning truth approached him, he was a ghost! He turned to move  away with panic and sadness in his eyes but he heard his name being called and turned his gaze hopefully to he source of the noise. He heard his name called out a few more times and tried to focus closely on what they were saying and he found out hat they were insulting him for being a bully and making jokes of him. His heart sank, he had thought them all as friends but he way they were talking, it seemed that they didn’t even need him. He turned and saw the ghost of Christmas present. He approached it and it said “ See Simon no one needs you, they all are happy without you and I hope you will will leave the this way.” Simon said nothing and bowed his head down in shame until he looked up and saw a different ghost in front of him.

 This one was completely different from the other two a this was made up of metal and looked like a robot. It said in a robotic voice “ I am the ghost of Christmas future and I will take you to your next and worst punishment.” Simon tried to beg to the ghost to forgive him but it completely ignored him and teleported Simon to a graveyard. Simon looked around, thinking what he was supposed to do when he saw a familiar name on the grave. He looked closely and recognized his friends name. He looked at the other graves, all the graves and familiar names. He looked around for his grave thinking it would be here but it was no where to be found. He ghost appeared in front of him and ordered hi  to follow him. Simon followed he robot and it lead him to a place away which was completely barren except for a rock standing up fro a lumpy ground. The ghost said to Simon to read what was written on the rock. Simon bent closer and fell back from surprise. His own name was written on the old rock! The ghost said “ See Simon what will happen if you if you continue down this dark path? No one will love you in the present and in the future your grave will be separated from the others and you will lay here forgotten. Simon was horrified and pleaded to the ghost to give him another chance and after hours of pleading he ghost forgave him and sent him back to the closet. 

Simon looked around and saw that nothing had changed. He rushed down and hugged his mother and brother who were both surprised and shocked at this behavior. After this he rushed home to his friends and gave everyone of them a present and asked for forgiveness. Many looked suspicious at first but later forgave him and Simon, having learned his lesson on the importance of Christmas, lived a happy life and treated people in a good way but sometimes  pranking them just for fun but remembered not to take it past the limit.