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Christmas is traditionally the most important holiday in Western countries. Even because for a long time, the world's most mainstream universal values and cultural exports were in the hands of these Western countries, so Christmas has even become a global holiday in terms of cultural export.

From the West to the East, almost all countries, large and small, have Christmas events. And each country has developed its own unique Christmas and Christmas Eve customs. For example, China inexplicably gives away apples on Christmas Eve, and Toyo eats cream cake instead of turkey for the whole family at Christmas.

Of course, one of the most important things is to give gifts at Christmas. It's like giving money to children during the Chinese New Year, which is the most exciting thing for everyone. However, unlike China, where the Chinese New Year only gives children New Year's money, Christmas prepares a gift for every member of the family, young and old.

The gift can be as valuable as a car or a very nice game console, or as simple as a knitted sweater or a pair of gloves. In fact, compared with the traditional Chinese New Year's money, it is actually more suitable to give gifts.

Because it is too easy to send money directly into a comparison, who sent more and who sent less, whether to receive a thousand red envelopes or 10,000 red envelopes this year, these will inevitably make children become extremely realistic prematurely when their minds are not yet mature. Only those who give more red envelopes during the Chinese New Year are good relatives, and this impression has been imprinted early.

Giving a gift doesn't have to cost a lot of money, but it does require a lot of thought. Because everyone who gives a gift needs to think about whether the person receiving the gift will like the gift and whether the gift is pleasing to their heart.

Giving money is a lazy method, although it is very straightforward to make people excited in a moment, but after the money is spent, it is forgotten. Giving gifts is a hassle, but it can be remembered for a long time. For example, a father gives a set of rugby uniforms and equipment to his child, or a set of basketball (football) uniforms and shoes, or a mother gives a beautiful coat to a child who works outside the home.

Years later, one will always remember who started their first hobby as a child, whether it was rugby (football, basketball) or painting or music. It will also make people remember who put a warm coat on themselves in the cold winter.

However, on Christmas Day 2099, people still give gifts to each other, but there is no way to compare it with the abundance of goods a few decades ago. There are many things that have become luxuries now.

The Sara family, who live in New Queens, is now the most typical American family. They live in a tube building in Queens, a family of four living in a house that is only 30 square meters in size. Sara had to sleep in a bunk bed in a room with her brother. This is not good for a girl who is already sixteen years old.

Because girls at this age will always have some privacy of their own, even if they have a good relationship with their younger brother, they can't be so devoid of personal space. Every time I change clothes and put on makeup, I can only let my younger brother go to the living room to stay.

And her brother is now fourteen years old, and adolescent boys don't want to be huddled with their older sister all the time, because it will be inconvenient. But there was no way, there was no way for the family to live in a bigger house. Because bigger houses mean bigger energy consumption. Energy prices are now rising again.

If there is no one at home, then the last person in the house to go out needs to turn off all the electrical switches in the house, so that the appliances do not naturally lose some power. Electricity is not as readily available as it was sixty or seventy years ago.

But today, his father still did a very extravagant thing, and Sara didn't know if his father was doing the right thing. That's when he got a Christmas tree. A so-called Christmas tree is a dwarf pine tree that is then decorated with all sorts of decorations. It includes a gift box for decorating with red and white socks, and a shining star at the top of the tree. Of course, the most important thing is to surround the Christmas tree with LED lights.

When the power is turned on, the lights are indeed very beautiful, and the ordinary pine trees are illuminated with fantastic colors.

"I've decided to keep the Christmas tree lights on tonight!" Sara's dad made the decision, and Sara couldn't help but say, "Dad, do you know how much it costs?!"

"Kid, it's Christmas, and it's not time for you to worry about money. It's been years since our family had a real Christmas. Lo and behold, your mom came back with a turkey dinner. Sarah's father smiled in response.

Sarah's brother was very happy: "Wow, can you eat turkey today?"

Although it is said that it is a tradition to eat turkey at Christmas, the feed required to raise turkeys is not cheap. In this era of soaring energy resources, the price of food has also risen. Beef is already a luxury, and the genetically modified white-feathered chicken is the main meat of people now.

"Yes, kids. I can eat turkey today, and it's still grain-fed. Although there is no way for us to buy a whole chicken. Sarah's mother, a middle-aged woman in her forties, came out with Christmas dinner. Today she prepared baked beans, potato salad with bacon, baked eggs. Of course, the highlight is the two big turkey legs. A turkey leg weighs about a little five kilograms.

Because today is Christmas, I also bought a special drink to come back. Coca-Cola went out of business, but some beverage makers are still alive. They use a completely chemical method to blend all kinds of fruit juices, from the water to add a variety of sweeteners, flavors and so on to blend the taste of fruit juice drinks. It is said to be strawberry flavored, but sometimes you can drink it with the smell of disinfectant water.

But it's already a rare hearty meal. Sara grew up in a time of poor material and had nothing to complain about, she felt that life was the way it was. I even feel that today it is all a luxury.

Sara and her brother were happy, but their parents weren't. Because they were born more than forty years ago, when society had not yet developed to this extent. At that time, the food supply was still open. Walking into the supermarket is always one of the various types of food and drinks as well as alcohol.

Turkey was not a particularly expensive luxury at the time, and although beef was expensive, it was not so expensive that ordinary families could not afford it today. When they were young, it was still possible to eat steak once a month.

And now they are parents, but it feels a little powerless to provide a steak to their children once a year. Sara and her brother have grown up so much that they have never eaten chocolate or grain-fed beef. At least at Christmas, the man who is a father wants something better for his family.

But will life be better in the future? Dad has no bottom in his heart, because life has been getting worse and worse in the past 40 years. Maybe it's only going to get worse, he lamented a little inside.

And his son can't wait to go under the Christmas tree to unpack the presents after eating the Christmas dinner. It's probably the happiest day of the year for all the kids. This year my son wants a handheld game console. As a father, he fulfilled his wishes.

It's a tough time now, but the game industry and the book and comic book industry are getting more and more developed. Because only in the virtual world can people barely forget how bad real life is.

A game can immerse people for hundreds of hours, and online games can immerse people for thousands of hours. In this day and age, no one is going to demonize games. Because everybody has to play, everybody has to escape from reality. The more you can't eat enough, the more you need spiritual food.

Sarah's brother is unwrapping the packages, and Sara is still eating the turkey leg slowly, and she loves the taste of turkey meat. She hadn't eaten any meat other than the fast-growing white-feathered chicken, which could be slaughtered in fifteen days. Compared to white feather chicken, turkey meat is too delicious. You need to savor it yourself.

"Sister, this gift is yours!" Sarah's brother unwrapped a ring from a package, the ring was beautiful, and the ring was green. It looks like the texture of some kind of high-quality gemstone.

"Wow, Mom and Dad, this is a gift for me?!" Sara saw the beautiful ring and didn't bother to eat, so she quickly took the ring from her brother's hand and put it on her hand. Girls of this age will always love these beautiful accessories.

Sarah's parents glanced at each other and made eye contact with each other, as if asking each other again, "Did you buy it?" 】

Neither of them could figure out where the ring came from, as neither couple had bought the ring, and it seemed to have appeared in the pile of gifts. Just as the two of them were about to say something, the room suddenly went dark.

"Damn, there's a power outage!" said Sarah's father, grunting discontentedly.

"Why is there a power outage? I didn't get notice!" said Sarah's mother, a little dissatisfied.

"It's probably Christmas today, and everyone has turned on all kinds of electrical appliances, so the power supply is insufficient. I'm going to find a candle. Sarah's father went into action.

The Christmas spirit was half gone in an instant, but Sara was happy because she had received a great gift. My father lit a candle and placed it in the living room, and the light of the fire shone through the room.

Sarah's brother curiously pulled out a note from the package he had just opened, and said, "There's another note for this ring, is it the instructions?"

Sara snatched it up and said, "I'll take a look." ”

On the candle flame Sara found that there were two lines of poetry on it, and she subconsciously read it out: "The green light is always bright, and the light is eternal light." ”

A green light spread out from the ring and lit up the room, startling everyone. And the green light came and went quickly, disappearing in just three seconds. Just when everyone was surprised, they found that the lights in their house suddenly turned on again, and all the electrical appliances started running again.

"Oh! I'm playing my new game!" said Sarah's brother.

Sara glanced out the window and said, "Don't be stupid, there's no call." "Because it's still dark outside the window.

"Huh, really, why do we have electricity here?"

As soon as Sarah's brother finished asking, the eyes of the whole family focused on the ring.

Coincidentally, many homes across the United States flashed green light tonight. And this green light will be the power to change this world!

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