Christmas Eve is an important day when ordinary families get together and enjoy the joy of family reunion. Families with a larger population even hold a celebration such as a masquerade.

There were enough people in the fishing ground, and Qin Shiou originally wanted to have a masquerade ball, but later found out that everyone was actually just enjoying the relaxed atmosphere of chatting and drinking beer together, rather than really going crazy and having fun.

The fishermen are past the age of playing, and the children like it, but they prefer to set off fireworks, and they don't usually have the opportunity to play with this.

In Newfoundland in winter, it gets dark early, and from the afternoon, brilliant fireworks and screeching sounds appear in the sky of the island.

This frightened the little beasts of the fishery, and they kept running and hiding, and the herds of deer and wild boars obediently burrowed back to the little farms, and the fowls were much more stable, and they gathered the frightened chicks, ducklings, and goslings in their wings, and they should sleep or sleep.

The climax of Christmas Eve is the Christmas Eve Mass, an event held in the church.

Farewell Island is Protestant and does not attach much importance to the Mass, which the Orthodox Church in general attaches great importance to. Qin Shiou doesn't know much about the difference between Catholicism, Orthodoxy, and Protestantism, he follows in the fun, and he does whatever everyone does.

Dinner began at six o'clock when it was dark, and Winnie called back the children who were setting off fireworks on the lawn, and everyone began to enjoy this sumptuous dinner.

Qin Shiou waited for the children to sit down and said, "Do you want to say something?" To Miranda, Fawkes, and Winnie, I think you saw how hard it was for them to prepare this dinner, right? ”

He was indeed very grateful to his sister-in-law and mother-in-law, who were supposed to go back for Christmas. The eldest sister-in-law is married, and she should accompany Armand to his parents' house for the holidays.

But when Winnie decided to stay at the fishing ground for the holidays. Miranda and Fawkes and others also decided to stay, of course, to take care of Winnie.

Now the Winnie family's relationship is almost restored. At least Winnie and Fox were able to sit together and watch "The Big Bang Theory" and laugh together.

Shirley, Powell, Gordon and Michelle stood up and kissed Miranda, Fawkes, and Winnie on the foreheads one by one, which was a blessing from the Son, and it was also exquisite.

Qin Shiou asked them to kiss him too, but Shirley hugged King Simba and came up.

After King Simba was well fed and warmly dressed, he finally grew fat, with a small long hair fluffy and unfolded, looking fat and fat, and a small round face ready to be cute and coquettish at any time. Shirley hugged it to Qin Shiou, and it immediately puffed up its cheeks and made a balloon-like expression to sell cuteness.

Qin Shiou pinched his little chubby cheek, and said helplessly: "I really don't understand, is this guy a lynx or a coffee cat?" Isn't it supposed to be fed off by its hunting skills? ”

The little radish head was lying at Winnie's feet, and when he saw Simba selling cuteness again, he pouted his lips disdainfully, and the tiger and leopard stood up on Qin Shiou's knees, and knocked Simba away with his head, resolutely not allowing him to succeed in selling cute.

After eating. Qin Shiou's family went to the town church to attend Mass, which was divided into two events, one from 9 to 10 p.m., and a big Mass at midnight. It's the climax of Christmas Eve.

When they drove to the church, it was already crowded, and there were several devout believers standing at the door.

Mass was presided over by the old priest Greene. Qin Shiou sent Winnie in, and reserved a seat for pregnant women in the front row. There was also an empty one next to it, which was originally reserved for Anna, the bull's wife. But she obviously couldn't come, so Qin Shiou sat down.

Pastor Green stood in front of the almsgiving table, holding the Bible in one hand and gesturing to his chest in the other, and said in a deep voice: "...... The Lord makes us rejoice every year in anticipation of salvation, and tonight we know that the Lord has come down to redeem us, and tomorrow morning we will see the glory of the Lord. All living beings must see the salvation of our God......"

The pastor will ease up when he reads a sentence, and the disciples below will read it along, Qin Shiou's face is full of solemnity, and he also reads it with Da Yu, although he is not a believer, but on this occasion, it is obviously better to respect everyone's beliefs.

At half past ten, the Mass is over, and everyone either goes home, or chats in twos and threes, and then waits for the main event, the midnight Mass.

It is said that the Vatican's Midnight Mass can attract 40,000 or 50,000 devout believers to watch, and there will be a stage play to perform classic stories from the Bible, and the Pope will pray for the blessing of believers around the world.

The town's Midnight Mass was much simpler, but it also began with a stage play that showed the birth of Jesus in the stable.

The choir of the town led the townspeople to sing the poem, "Praise Our Lord and Father", Qin Shiou leaned back a little at this time, he couldn't sing, and he was a little embarrassed to stand in front, so it was better to be an audience in the back.

Then, when Pastor Green was in control, there was a theme for this kind of Mass, and Pastor Green gave a short talk, in which he talked about the topic of meeting and discussing with Qin Shiou in the community hospital, and talked about the idea that 'goodwill is God'.

This cannot be said in the Orthodox Church, because the Orthodox Church is about the supremacy of God, and it doesn't matter in Protestantism, which is about justification by faith and the possibility of everyone as a priest.

After the talk, everyone continued to sing hymns and read Bibles, praying for the blessings of their families, friends, and every brother and sister.

When Pastor Green prayed for blessings, he specifically mentioned Qin Shiou and prayed for him and the fishing ground, which touched Qin Shiou.

At midnight, when the Great Mass ended, just as Christmas was approaching, Pastor Green waved his arms and black-robed believers rang the bell.

The crisp sound of the bell spreads to all corners of the island, spreading forgiveness, blessings, joy and happiness to every corner of the town.

After going back, Qin Shiou put the children to sleep, and he, Winnie, and Auerbach prepared gifts.

After a day of crazy play, coupled with the usual routine of work and rest, the children were already sleepy at this time, and they fell into a deep sleep when they lay in bed after they returned.

Qin Shiou put the small gift he had prepared into the socks at the head of their bed, and if the gift was too big to put in, he would put a key, and the gift box would be hung on the Christmas tree at the door.

In the morning, when it was time to open the gifts, cheers rang out one after another, Qin Shiou and Winnie gave a gift together, they gave Miranda and Fox a black pearl jewelry each, and Mario a carbon fishing rod.

The things they gave to the children were more creative, and they were remembered by Qin Shiou and Winnie together, they gave Powell a rein, Shirley a light and comfortable seat, Gordon a sled floor, and Michelle naturally a sled frame.

Combined, these things make a sled.

Qin Shiou looked out the window regretfully and said, "It's a pity that there is no snow on Christmas, but after the next snow, I think you will use them, right?" ”

"But, Qin, where are we going to find the reindeer? The reindeer in the fishing grounds are too small for them to drag a cart. ”

Qin Shiou looked at the pineapple that was bored eating grass, and the latter raised his head vigilantly, always feeling that something bad had happened...... (To be continued......)