Planning for Christmas

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With 

Christmas

sneaking up on us 

my mom suggested I invite 

Maksym to spend Christmas with us. 

 I was thrilled when she suggested it; I was already 

planning on asking my parents if they would be okay with the idea. 

 I felt lucky that my parents were so willing to invite Maksym over for Christmas, 

especially considering the fact that I has so recently invited Ali over to spend the night

without their permission.  You see, my parents were less than thrilled when I told them I 

picked up a stranger

from the airport 

and invited him

 into their home

 without telling them.

  I knew I was 

pushing luck but 

I couldn't help 

but ask them if 

I could invited 

Ali to spend 

Christmas Eve 

and Day with us

 as well. 

In my conversations with Ali he had shared how much Christmas meant to the people of Nigeria and how he was sad that he would be spending Christmas alone.  I couldn't help but feel pity for him.  When I asked my mom if he could come she simply said she wasn't comfortable to have someone we knew so little about spend the night in their home.  I was sad but I understood her reasoning.  She suggested that I invite him over for Christmas dinner which I thought was a great idea.  When I called Ali to invite him he was more than thrilled and I knew that this was the true spirit of Christmas.