The Big Little Christmas Tree by Thomas Mulle

Since the days that it was just a sapling, the little evergreen had dreamed about becoming a Christmas tree. It had thoughts of meeting Santa on Christmas eve and spending the morning watching children open their presents. About the time that the little evergreen was the perfect size for some family's warm living room, a storm passed through the forest and it lost a few of its branches. Would its dreams ever come true? Would a family see its beauty despite its missing branches? Would it ever become a Christmas tree? Maybe, it just had to wait another year....