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Date Posted: 10:42:25 12/18/00 Mon
Author: 亞麗安
Subject: 聖誕奇遇

這夜我走進本市最繁華的地段蹓躂。


夜幕下,璀燦的燈飾,如潮的人流,縈繞耳邊、從各式店舖流瀉出來的聖誕樂曲,將遠處那一方高高掛起、砌成「聖誕佳節、普世歡騰」字樣的燈飾烘托得更加耀眼。但在迎面川流而過的臉孔上,我察覺不出多少雀躍、幾許\歡樂,觸目唯是漠然、疏離。佇立這大都會街角,我想起了一個平靜的小鎮、想起了一個真正寧馨、叫人喜悅感恩的平安夜。


留學生涯的第一個隆冬我在美國中部一個小鎮渡過。


聖誕假期臨近,校園中所有師生都興沖沖的張羅著歸家過節的事,只有幾個像我般新抵校園的外地生落了單,滿不是味兒的看著人家愉快地準備歡渡聖誕。


平安夜的黃昏,我站在家門前目送最後一輛同學的車子離去。望著那逐漸遠去的車影,落寞、孤單的感覺一下子襲上心頭。雖然老早已明白自己要在異鄉隻身過這個聖誕,但當身處其境時,年輕的、初嘗離家滋味的我,仍是難以排遣那份孤清、傍徨的感覺。


暮色四攏後,上天似乎聽到了我的禱告,雪花開始慢慢在窗外飄落。若未有親朋愛友相隨,就讓我有一個寧靜的白色聖誕相伴吧。


夜越深,雪花越發下得急。初睹大雪的新鮮感過去後,我又墜入思鄉思親的愁緒中去。街上白暟暟靜謐一片,只有無聲雪花不停落下,時或隨風翻滾。默然呆望,驀然驚覺那些撲上玻璃窗的雪花,仿似一群玩倦了的孩子,伏在窗上喘氣,再而竊竊私語,這個窗內的人多麼寂寞,其他房子內卻是笑語盈室啊。


午夜彌撒的鐘聲從遠處的教堂隱約傳過來。我輕輕拉開門走出屋外,希望聽得真確些,希望偷偷分享多些教友歌頌基督降臨人世的喜樂。意外地,我驚覺有一份小巧的禮物靜倘於門角。站在雪地上,急不及待立刻拆去包裝紙,發現內裡是一盒精緻的巧克力,及附著一張寫上兩行字的小咭。當我唸畢咭上寥寥數語,壓抑了整夜的淚\水不禁奪眶而出。


一份不具名的禮物,一位善心的鄰居,在平安夜跟家人暖聚之餘,不忘撫慰一個異鄉孩子孤寂的心,友愛地默默向她示好、向她送上祝褔,這份善意,對一個來自城市、慣於鄰里間雞犬不相聞的我,是何其意外,何其震動心弦。

轉身回家,飛快的寫了十多張感謝咭,感謝一位不知名的好心鄰居。在漫天風雪中,我發瘋的跑遍這條小街的每家每戶,在每一個郵箱放下一張回謝咭。慢步小跑回家,門前回身一看,我所踏出的足印,正如我那位善心鄰居的足印一樣,很快地已被雪花蓋\滿,再無痕跡。但我相信在平滑的雪地下,我們的足印一定曾經相遇,正如付出與接受時,心底的暖流亦曾泊泊流向彼此、一度互通。


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