5-year-old Elene – the quickest among children – pulled my hand and said: “Can you keep secrets? I will become a Snow Maiden and give my brothers a lot of sweets and toys, and I will also treat you, and my mom and dad too.”
When I looked around, I understood everything without words: in this house there have never been either toys, or sweets, not even normal food. The Tamazashvili family is a very poor Georgian family, but it is rich in kids: Daniel (2-year-old), Andria (4-year-old), Elene (5-year-old), Alexi (8-year-old), Giorgi (10-year-old).
“Ma’am, do you know why Santa never comes to us? We are good, but still he does not come, ” Alexi asks me, almost crying.