Ruth's First Christmas Tree: A Ruth Galloway Short Story

know, and at the moment she doesn’t care. All she can think of is that Nelson left his family to drive through the snow to bring her a present. She looks at the parcel, sitting under the inverted tip of the tree. It’s small and irregular. It could be jewellery or an ornament of some kind. It could, knowing Nelson, be a tiny toolkit for the car. At the moment, she has no desire to open it. She too wants a surprise on Christmas morning. Still, she’d better hide the parcels before she goes to bed. Kate could never be persuaded to wait before tearing off the paper. But with age comes patience. Ruth is quite prepared to wait, looking up at her wonderful Paradise Tree, brought to her by ancient magic and the love of friends.