The Christmas Tree and The Wedding es una historia de Fyodor Dostoyevsky de 1848. Es
narrada por un incómodo invitado a una fiesta de navidad…
THE other day I
saw a wedding . . . But no! I would rather tell you about a Christmas tree. The
wedding was superb. I liked it immensely. But the other incident was still
finer. I don't know why it is that the sight of the wedding reminded me of the
Christmas tree. This is the way it happened:
Exactly five
years ago, on New Year's Eve, I was invited to a children's party by a
man high up in the business world, who had his connections, his circle of acquaintances,
and his intrigues. So it seemed as though the children's ball was merely a
pretext for the parents to come together and discuss matters of interest to
themselves, quite innocently and casually.