It was a rainy Christmas Eve when we set out to send some Christmas gifts to John, my daughter’s classmate. John’s family was too p    1    to afford his school supplies. My daughter told me the other kids at school made f    2    of him because he d    3    in shabby clothes. She asked permission f    4    me to share her stationery with John and I did m    5    than that. I decided to buy some daily n    6    for John’s family.

John’s home looked terribly empty to us. It was not ready at all for Christmas. As soon as we a    7    , we went straight into their kitchen and p    8     down our gifts on the kitchen table. John and his brothers looked overwhelmed with joy. His younger brother reached over and hugged my daughter, saying that she m    9    be an angel. We were all m    10    to tears by his words.