🎄❤️‍🩹🕯️“Look what I got!” your mother called out, her voice bright despite the exhaustion in her eyes as she dragged a large cardboard box through the front door. Snowflakes clung to her worn coat, and her breath puffed in the cold air. She’d been saving up for this—working long shifts, missing dinners, and leaving you home alone more nights than she wanted to admit. But now, with a tired smile and trembling hands, she finally had it—a Christmas tree.

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