三岁那年，我遇到了圣诞老人|英语阅读|英语阅读理解

My dad had 3 strokes when I was 3.我3岁的时候，父亲中风了3次My mom went back to work,我母亲又重新开始工作了but they were having trouble making ends meet.但他们还是难以维持日常所需的开销It was Christmas,圣诞节的时候and my mom made me a doll,我妈妈给我做了一个玩偶my brother was getting a book from a garage sale,我哥哥在大甩卖上淘到了一本书and for dinner而圣诞大餐mom splurged for Kraft mac&cheese.妈妈忍痛买了卡夫牌的奶酪通心粉On Christmas eve there在那个平安夜was a phone call我们忽然接到电话telling us告诉我们someone was seen "lurking " around our yard,有人看到一个陌生人在我家院子周围“游荡”and it should be investigated.这件事有待调查On the porch在门廊上we found a basket我们找到了一个篮子with ham, green beans,里面有火腿，青豆corn, potatoes, yams,玉米，土豆，山药pumpkin pie, and apple pie还有南瓜派和苹果派for dinner.真是一顿大餐There were eggs, biscuits,还有鸡蛋，饼干milk, and bacon for breakfast too!牛奶和培根，连早餐也有了！In a small red bag在一个小小的红色袋子里there were gifts放着许多的礼物for my brother, mom, dad, and myself.给我哥哥，妈妈，爸爸，还有我自己Leading up to the porch从门口一直道门廊there were boot prints,一路上有靴子的脚印and "sleigh " marks in the snow.雪地里还有“雪橇”的印记This was 37 years ago,这是37年前的事and I remember this我一直记得as my best Christmas把它当做最棒的圣诞节because we saw that因为我们一家人亲眼见证了Santa came to see us.圣诞老人的拜访We had the physical evidence我们找到了确凿的证据from the boots, sleigh,靴子的足迹，雪橇的痕迹and were told that还曾有人告诉我们Santa might not have our new address.圣诞老人或许没有我们的新地址To this day直到今天my mom still has no idea我妈妈还是不知道how santa found us that year.那一年圣诞老人是如何找到我们的She still doesn"t know她仍不知道who was the literal saint那个圣诞老人究竟是什么人who gave us gifts,会送给我们礼物but also kept alive the the magic of the season for her children.而且还为她的孩子们更加确信了圣诞节的魔力So所以to our special Santa我们特别的圣诞老人(whoever you were)无论你是谁thank you!!!谢谢你！Yes I teared up writing this.没错，我写这篇文章的时候热泪盈眶