In the middle of the party, Fred stopped the music and shouted, “It’s time to open the presents. But this time I will not be the first one to give out the gifts I bought. Because we have a mysterious businessman who anonymously sent us many gifts, coincidentally with the number of people in our house. But let me tell you that my heart knows that the mysterious man is called Ebenezer! Uncle Ebenezer, I give you the honor of being the first one to deliver the gifts. And I must add that we have no gift to give you this Christmas because we did not know that you would be here with us, but tomorrow I will personally take your Christmas gift to your office.”
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Ebenezer caminaba sin prisa. No sabia que hora era, aunque podía discernir que ya pasaba del medio día. No pensaba en cuanto tiempo había utilizado del día de Navidad porque no quería sentirse limitado o restringido por el tiempo, deseaba disfrutar al máximo ese día 25 de diciembre. Ya había sido esclavo del tiempo y el trabajo por muchos años. Ebenezer sabiamente se repetía a si mismo que los años venideros serian diferentes porque los viviría con gozo en su corazón y aunque no sabía cuántos años más le quedaban de vida, si sabia que los años por venir, los viviría plenamente, sin egoísmo, sin resentimiento, sin amargura en el alma y sin preocuparse demasiado por el futuro ya que los espíritus le habían enseñado que el futuro no nos pertenece y es incierto.
Ebenezer walked slowly. He didn’t know what time it was. Although he could discern that it was already past noon, he did not think about how much time He had used on Christmas Day because He did not want to feel limited or restricted by time, He wanted to enjoy that day December 25 to the fullest. He had already been a slave to time and work for many years. Ebenezer wisely repeated to himself that the coming years would be different because he would live them with joy in his heart and although he did not know how many more years he had left of life, he knew that in the years to come, he would live them fully, without selfishness, without resentment , without bitterness in the soul and without worrying too much about the future since the spirits had taught him that the future does not belong to us and is uncertain.

While walking Ebenezer, kept the images of the man and his family under the bridge in his head, just as the spirit of Christmas Present had shown him the night before. When he reached the bridge, he could recognize it immediately; without hesitation, he began to descend the steep path in search of that man. As Ebenezer was under the bridge, he encountered terrible sights that could easily reach the heart of any sensitive person to human pain and thought,
Ebenezer elaboro una lista mentalmente de las visitas que realizaría y mientras caminaba por la calle se encontró con tres señores que unos días antes le habían pedido una donación para los asilos del pueblo que protegían a los desamparados, ancianos y huérfanos durante todo el año. Los tres hombres al encontrarse de frente con Ebenezer lo ignoraron y siguieron caminando. Entonces Ebenezer se Volteó y levantando su mano derecha les grito, “Señores, podría conversar con ustedes un momento”. Los tres hombres se detuvieron y mirándose a los ojos entre ellos mismos afirmaron moviendo la cabeza, que si podían conversar un momento.