难忘的情人节礼物

The traditional holidays in our house when I was a child were spent timing elaborate (精致的) meals around football games. My father tried to make pleasant chitchal(聊天) and eat as much as he could during half time. At Christmas he found time to have a cup or two of holiday cheer and don (戴上) his holly-shaped (形冬青叶状的) bow tie. But he didn't truly shine until Valentine's Day. I don't know whether it was because work at the office slowed during February or because the football season was over. But Valentine' s Day was the time my father chose to show his love for the special people in