recognizing the groom at first, he quickly realizes it is Mastakovich. The girl, now 16, is seen to be the bride. The narrator notes her beauty, her innocence, and her discontent with the marriage. The narrator then hears the crowd discussing that the girl's dowry had been 500,000 rubles, as Mastakovich had previously calculated. The narrator concludes that the marriage had been a good business deal for Mastakovich after all. Film adaptation A Christmas Tree and a Wedding was adapted into a film of the same name, directed by Will Wallace and released in 2000. See also List of Christmas-themed literature References External links A Christmas Tree and a Wedding at ClassicReader.com 1848 short stories Short stories by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Christmas short stories Short stories adapted into films