Newcomers View Christmas in the United States
Foreign students at St Benedicts College Atchison Kansas recount their first US Christmas experiences. Jinchi Wang from Formosa describes Santa encounters, charity, and a church Midnight Mass while Eug ene Doleshal reflects on American prosperity, gifts, and the refugee perspective.
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St. Benedict’s College
Atchison, Kans
St. Benedict's
Eugene Doleschal
Jinchi Wang
Richard
Taipan
Formosa
U.S
Rist
Jesus Christ
Santa Claus
Jim Cooney
Eugene Doleshal
Brno
Czecho - Slovakia
Europe
United States
Czecho-Slovakia
Little Mike Rings Bells at Holy Cross Parish Celebration
Holy Cross parishioners listen as 72 year old Mike prepares for the bells. He reflects on the moment, greets neighbors Germania Hassock and Johnny Ryan, and ascends to the belfry to ring the bells with his new key gift.
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Mike
All Holy Cross Parish
Louis J. Kallari
Anna
Germania Hassock
Germania
Holy Cross Church
Johnny Ryan
Johnny
Merv
Holy Cross
Holy Cross Parish
Blessed Virgin Led Writer to The True Church
Memoir fragment recounts lifelong fascination with the Virgin Mary from childhood Rosary tunes to college studies at Vassar. The author recalls memorizing the Hail Mary in Greek, attending churches, and a gradual return to faith through Our Lady as a guiding figure.
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True Church
Vassar College
Otto
Blessed Mother
Peter
Our Lady
Lady's Digest
Secret Carols Snuck Through Puritan England
In Puritan England, Christmas carols were sung secretly as public performance was banned. The era’s religious rule forbade festive singing, yet hidden gatherings kept ancient tunes alive and shared among worshippers.
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England
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