英语翻译

英语翻译
When my first wartime Christmas came,I was in a new soldier school in Ashland and not sure if I could make it home for the holidays.On the afternoon of December 23 we were told some of use would have three-day holidays.I was one of the lucky soldiers.
It was Christmas Eve when I arrived,and a light snow had fallen.Mother open the front door.I could see over her,standing at the corner of the living-room where the tree had always stood.There were lights,all colours,shining in the green of the tree.
"Where did it come from?"I asked.
"I asked the gate boy to cut it,"my mother said,"I wouldn't have had one just for myself,but when called---oh!such a rush!He just brought it in this afternoon......"
The tree was almost as tall as the room,and the Tree Top Star was in its place.A few branches reached about a little disorderly at the side,I thought,and there was a big bare branch showing the middle.But he tree filled the room with the pleasant smell of Christmas.