The Gift

Christmas: the thing that every kid no matter where you are, even Antarctica, waits for every year. In "The Gift" the boy was promised a little tree for Christmas. But, there was a huge problem; the family had just a couple more ounces than the maximum limit of luggage they could take on their rocket flight to Mars. So, the parents decided to leave the boy's present on Earth. Preventing his son's devastation, the boy's father acted quickly. His mind was blank until his son reminded him of the port hole where he and his son could gaze out into space and stare at the impossible. The father realized that he could give his son no better gift than space, a tree with billions of "candles". At midnight, the boy looked out the port hole and realized that there was no better gift than what his father had just given him. The father's idea to compensate for leaving the tree behind by showing him an unbelievable view of space was, in my opinion, absolutely brilliant.

Hopefully, there will be a day when many children receive this gift. But, this can only happen if we let people dream the impossible dream. Today alone, many scientists had conversations about settlement on other planets and traveling through space easily. Recently, Richard Branson, multi-billionaire and president of Virgin Galactic, has made commercial space ships that can travel into space. But, this process is very difficult, for it requires training and a lot of $$$. One day, these dreamers will beat all odds and allow all people to receive this incredible gift.