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You ( are / come / how / is / it / not really necessary / on / silly / so much money / spend / that / things / to / to / understand ).
You come to understand how silly it is to spend so much money on things that are not really necessary.
( buy / buying / clothes or jewelry / for yourself / instead / nice / of / something / your friends / , ).
Instead of buying clothes or jewelry for yourself, buy your friends something nice.
( a new dress or new shoes / and / buy things / certainly / it’s / like / not a time / out / to go ).
It’s certainly not a time to go out and buy things like a new dress or new shoes.
( it / looked / lovely presents / no / sad and lonely / the tree / under / with ).
The tree looked sad and lonely with no lovely presents under it.
( agreed / exchange / family / not / our / presents / to ).
Our family agreed not to exchange presents.
( did / each other. / instead / nice cards / to / to / was / we / what / write ).
What we did instead was to write nice cards to each other.
( any present / ever / have / I / me / mean more / received / than / those cards / to ).
Those cards mean more to me than any present I have ever received.
( and / but also from / friends and even strangers / I’ve / loving / my family / not only from / received / support / words / , ).
I’ve received loving words and support, not only from my family but also from friends and even strangers.
( a special dinner / cook / for / for a meal / or / out / take / them / them ).
Take them out for a meal or cook a special dinner for them.
( are / dying / having / it’s / money / spend / to / weird / when / you ).
It’s weird having money to spend when you are dying.
( be / grateful / I / them / to / will forever ).
I will forever be grateful to them.
( fell / I / incredibly / I've / kind / many / met / people / sick / since / , ).
Since I fell sick, I've met many incredibly kind people.
私は、病気になって以来、信じられないほどに親切な人たちに出会ってきました。
Since I fell sick, I’ve met many incredibly kind people.
私の家族からだけではなく友人や見知らぬ人からさえ
not only from my family but also from friends and even strangers
死にゆくときに費やすお金があるのは変なものです。
It’s weird having money to spend when you are dying.
instead of buying clothes or jewelry for yourself
私たちの家族はプレゼントを交換しないことに賛同しました。
Our family agreed not to exchange presents.
本当に必要じゃないものにそんなにも多くのお金を費やすことがどれほどばかげているものか理解するようになります。(you)
You come to understand how silly it is to spend so much money on things that are not really necessary.
下にすてきなプレゼントがなくて、その木は悲しく寂しそうに見えました。
The tree looked sad and lonely with no lovely presents under it.
私たちが代わりにしたことは、お互いに素敵なカードを書くことでした。
What we did instead was to write nice cards to each other.
それらのカードは、今までもらったどのプレゼントよりも私にとって大切なものです。(mean more)
Those cards mean more to me than any present I have ever received.