A War of Gifts

By Orson Scott Card

Subjects: Christmas stories, Ender Wiggin (Fictitious character), Science fiction, Fiction, Christmas, Wiggin, ender (fictitious character), fiction, Ender Wiggin (Fictional character), Toleration, Fiction, science fiction, general

Description: At the Battle School, there is only one purpose, only one curriculum: the strategy and tactics of war. The children are drawn from all nations, all races, all religions. There is no room for cultural differences, no room for religious observances, and certainly no room for Santa Claus. But the young warriors disagree. When one of them leaves a Sinterklaas Day gift in his best friend's shoe, that quiet act of rebellion becomes the first shot in a war of wills that the staff of the Battle School never bargained for.