This document describes the author's wish to decorate a Christmas tree with gifts for friends from different places who have supported them through challenging and happy times. The author hopes to share in marvels, achievements, laughter, confidence and beauty with friends, and to continue overcoming obstacles through virtues and commitment like the strong pine tree.

1. This Xmas I would place a pine tree in the coziest and most beautiful place in my sitting room, having it decorated with presents wrapped in colourful paper each with a name of you my dear friends, whom I meet every day here and there or just once in a while at different rural and urban areas, in land or at sea, who have supported and been by my side with understanding always, at either tough or happy moments of success and joy – for a righteous common cause for the betterment of all and from a true trust and a pure heart for a very happy altogetherness; the friends with whom I wish to share the world of marvels and achievement over all unworthiness, with a naïve hope for a life of laughters of satisfaction, confidence, and belief in the true, the good, and the beautiful, on which the whole universe was formed up and from which all seeds of dreams and materialization of dreams by humankind are so well germinating and scattered the world over, now, then, and ever, to all; and the stars of trophies we have together been awarded for all the efforts and commitment and devotion and accomplishment of assignments with pride and readiness to further toil to plunge ahead to be firm and bold and tempered to win over obstacles just like this faithful strong pinetree having deep large roots of virtues to hang on for dear life against the cold winds for hundreds of winters, being the pleasant shade for us to sing carols to welcome a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year of Hopes and Love for us and our beloved and all. Written by Hoang Huu Phuoc of Vietnam, 2000 http ://www.myabiz.biz/en/download.php?id=3