NCERT Solutions for Class 8 English Story Chapter 1: The Best Christmas Present in the World

In this chapter of class 8, Aakash provided all the answers to all the questions. Aakash is well known for its best in class Expert Teachers who can guide the students in a success path. The answers are very accurate and easily understandable. Parents can go through these solutions too and help out their kids. The language used in the solutions provided by Aakash is very easy to understand. Below is a story that will attract all the students' attention with its warming and interesting storyline.

The short story "The Best Christmas Present in the World" is written by Michael Morpurgo. In this story, the author buys a roll-top table from a junk shop, and to restore it starts working on it on Christmas Eve. While repairing it, he finds a secret space in the last drawer. In that secret space was a small tin box. He finds a letter inside the tin box written by Jim Macpherson, a captain of the English Army to his wife, Connie. It was a narration of an incident that took place on the battlefield in 1914 on Christmas Day. On that day, the German and English soldiers celebrated Christmas together, forgetting the rivalry between them and that they were at war. They shared wine and food. Also, they played a football match and sang carols at night. The author took this letter to Mrs Macpherson to the hospital and gave her the best Christmas present in the World.