text: Jesse: Hi guys! Xmas is almost here!
  Lee: I'm so happy :) I <3 Xmas!
  Maxine: Me too :) Can't w8 4 the presents :)
  Melvin: I don't like Christmas. 
  Lee: Y? That's the best time of the year!
  Maxine: Yeah! And the presents!
  Jesse: Yeah, Melv, y?
  Melvin: Last year my father died just b4 Xmas. 
  Jesse: I forgot! Sry.
  Melvin: Nah. I'm fine. But the magic's gone.
  Lee: I can imagine. 
  Maxine: Sry to hear that.
target: Melvin doesn't like Christmas because his father passed away before Christmas last year.