HAPPY XMAS

YOU
MY FRIEND,
WHAT WOULD YOU
SAY, IF THIS XMAS I DO
A BEAUTIFUL TREE IN MY HEART
AND INSTEAD OF GIFTS I WOULD HANG THERE
ALL MY FRIENDS’S NAMES
THE NEAR AND THE FAR AWAY
FRIENDS , THE OLD ONES AND THE NEW ONES
THE ONES I SEE A LOT , ALMOST EVERY DAY AND THE ONES
I BARELY SEE ,THE ONES I ALWAYS REMEMBER AND THOSE THAT I
SOMETIMES HAVE FORGOTTEN
THE CONSTANT ONES AND THE PART TIME ONES,
THE ONES FOR THE DIFFICULT HOURS AND THE ONES FOR THE JOYFUL
ONES . THOSE WHO , WITHOUT WANTING IT MADE ME SUFFER
THE ONES I KNOW SO, SO DEEPLY
AND THOSE I KNOW VAGUELY ONLY THEIR APPARANCES .
THOSE WHO OWE ME LITTLE AND THOSE I OWE A LOT TO. MY USUAL
FRIENDS . MY SIMPLE ONES AND MY IMPORTANT ONES . THE NAME OF ALL
THOSE WHO ALREADY CROSSED MY PATH THIS LIFE. A TREE WITH VERY DEEP ROOTS TO
PREVENT THEIR NAMES TO FELL OF MY FOOLISH HEART
A TREE WITH HUGE BRANCHES TO WELCOME THE NEW NAMES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD ,
CAN JOIN THE
ALREADY EXIS
TING ONES : A
BIG TREE WITH
A GENTLE SHADE
TO MAKE OF OUR
TRUE FRIENDSHIP
A MOMENT OF REST
AMONG THE STRUGGLES
AND THE TURMOILS OF LIFE.

MY VERY VERY BEST WISHES TO ALL OF YOU MY WONDERFUL FRIENDS



(This has been translated from a tree I received from Québec )