FISH CHEEKS by Amy Tan (setting)

AT THE BEGINNING: 

I fell in love with the minister's son the winter I turned fourteen. He was not Chinese, but as white as Mary in the manger. For Christmas I prayed for this blond-haired boy, Robert, and a slim new American nose.When I found out that my parents had invited the minister's family over for Christmas Eve dinner, I cried. 

The setting of the story is it is WINTER SEASON and it is CHRISTMAS EVE.

Dark and cold... Christmas Eve...
The smoke of the food goes by... Shabby Christmas tree

Let's find out what is the conflict of the story!