Hi everyone. It's me again. Remember? Lucy(11)? My brother called Carlos? My sister (now not with us) called Colleen? Well, yeah. Last Christmas was awful. You know why. I was so upset after it. My parents became depressed and our family broke. No, my parents haven't divorced. As sad as I am, I hate to see my parents this way. So I was determined to make this Christmas the Best. One. Ever.

I had a great plan and I was determined to make it a success!! My plan was to just make them happy and enjoy Christmas again.

Step 1: make them happy. I had no idea how I was going to do this after Coleen's death. But gradually, I got my grades high, helped Carlos (even though he is older than me) with homework and helped my parents around the house. I made them a bit happier and after I made them some hot cocoa, I finally saw them smile! It had been months.

Step 2: buy a great big Christmas tree. This was hard because the one I wanted was on sale. 10% off. Yay. And the original price was £999.99. Eventually I got a smaller tree. Still lovely. And I also got some new baubles for the tree as well.

Step 3 and final step: Surprise my family on Christmas morning. And when they all came down to see mugs of hot cocoa, a lovely Christmas tree and my shouting the word "SURPRISE!!!!" They had tears in their eyes. Tears of joy!

So, I succeeded with my plan of having the best Christmas ever. I know that before I said I absolutely hate Christmas, but now, it's my favourite thing in the whole world.