This flashback came to me as I was wrapping a present for a Russian friend; I put the items in a box and stuffed balled-up old newspapers around them for padding. Just as I was doing that, boom! Flashback!
Maksim is sitting at the kitchen table; it is snowing outside, but inside it is nice and warm, and he is happy. A wooden box is standing in front of him, and he is putting some things into it, New Year presents for his friend Yurochka, who won't be able to come home for New Year this time. This makes Maksim sad, as he had looked forward to seeing his friend again; however, nothing can be done about it, so he and his family decided to send Yurochka a box with presents. In order to save postage and make things easier, everyone who wanted to send something to Yurochka have given their presents to Maksim, who has taken it upon him to do the packing and sending.
I think he is using wood shavings as padding, not old newspapers, which had to be collected and handed in if you wanted to buy any really good books. Perhaps wood shavings were easier to get...
Maksim is humming a song as he packs the presents, longingly thinking of his friend. But it cheers him up that Yurochka will like the surprise, and that the gifts will show him that his friends and relatives are thinking of him at home...
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