The narrator of the story went to a junk shop and purchased a roll-top desk which was in bad condition. The narrator started its repairing on Christmas Eve and found a letter in its drawer. He read the letter. It was from Jim Macpherson to his wife Connie as written on top. After reading the letter, he found that Jim Macpherson was the leader of the England Army and he described that England and German were engaged in a war but on the Christmas morning a wonderful thing happened, first Germans wishes happy Christmas to English soldiers and same response was given by English also. The leaders shared their ideas and feelings with each other and celebrated Christmas by eating, laughing, talking and drinking. After that they played football match in which Germans won. In the night both troops sang carols and had a peaceful Christmas.The author decided to gave this letter to Jim’s wife back. He went to the address which was written on the letter envelope where he found that an accidental fire caught in the house and she was in nursing home. He rushed to nursing home where he found Jim’s wife. As she was grown too old in the waiting of his husband he mistook the author by understanding him as Jim, his husband when narrator met him. She declared him as best Christmas present in the world.

It is a story of a wife and husband . The husband writes a letter to his wife about how they celebrated the Christmas during Work War 2 . They made pease on that day And the husband writes the letter and express his feelings. The wife reads the letter every day. And the narrator found a roll top desk in junk shop . It was burnt. He saw letters in the bottom drawer. He reads it and he wanted to give the letter to the Wife . So he goes to the address in the letter but he finds it burnt and He asked the neighbors they say it got burnt Ade the wife was taken to a conservatory . she was 102 yrs old . The narrator goes with the letters to return it and the wife thinks the narrator as his husband. And the story ends!