Saving Christmas
One beautiful Christmas morning, Luz wakes up and realizes something seems different. Looking around, there are no Christmas decorations, the city doesn’t shimmer and there aren’t any smiles around. Cuddles have disappeared, they got lost somewhere far, far away. This was not the Christmas Luz was looking forward to.
Determined to save Christmas, Luz decides to depart on a journey to find the missing cuddles. After preparing a backpack, Luz puts on a scarf and gloves and grabs a map. In the bag there is also a glass jar to carry the cuddles, that will hopefully be found along the way.
Whether the sun is out or it’s rainy, Luz proceeds through cities and fields, mountains and forests, unknown oceans and seas, in search of the lost cuddles. In hiding, the cuddles can see Luz looking around and they wonder: “who is this person that seems to be persistently looking and calling out for us?”.
- Who are you? - Asks the smile, in a shy manner.
- What is it that you want from us? - Ask the hug and the kiss, fearfully.
- I want to take you home, Christmas isn’t the same without you! - Replies Luz.
Hearing this, the cuddles look at one another with hope in their eyes, and reach the same conclusion: this is the person they had been waiting for. Timidly, they start coming out of their lonely hiding places and get into the glass jar that Luz had brought along.
The jar starts getting fuller and fuller until Luz looks at it and realizes how bright it’s become. - It feels warm! - Luz thought. - What if I opened it?... Curiosity won, and while holding it tightly, Luz decides to open it. Magically, Luz is back at home, and Christmas seems normal again: the living room is decorated, the Christmas lights are shining and the lovely smell of warm food fills the room that is crowded with people and love. Sitting on the sofa and leaning against grandpa, Luz looks back on the journey that blissfully allowed this moment to happen.
