Foreign exchange students compare holiday traditions
West Liberty welcome for Barbara Wilkinson from Australia and Bente Myrenge from Norway highlights how Christmas customs differ. They describe Santa practices, Christmas trees, church services, sled travel in Norway, elf lore, and festive foods, noting American traditions start earlier and describing their host family experiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Australia
Norway
Bente
America
Barbara
Christmas Day Plans Across Several Households
Holiday gatherings unfold in Muscatine and surrounding areas with Earl and Mae McGill hosting relatives including Kenny Shelby Billy Laura Deann and Kenneth Anthony. Gifts are to be exchanged in the afternoon. Bernard Steinke and guests from Mulberry join Johnson Steinke Janice Steinke Tony Viner Forde Vale Joe Henry and others in Muscatine. Barbara Schoemaker to spend Christmas with Roger Schoemaker family in Syracuse New York.
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Earl McGill
Route 5
Muscatine
Mae. Kenny
Shelby
Bill Canady
Billy
Laura
Deann
Wilbur Canady
Angie
Cindy
Scott Allen
Kenneth Anthony
Bernard Steinke
Mulberry
Donald Johnson
Rantoul
Forde Vale
Central
Joe Henry
Monmouth
C.E. Steinke
Janice Steinke
Tony Viner
Barbara Schoemaker
Roger C. Schoemaker
Syracuse
New York
Barbara’s triple Christmas tour includes three places
Barbara plans three Christmas celebrations in one year starting December 25 in West Liberty, then a return journey to visit a Colorado Springs pen pal, and a belated January 7 reunion at home. Melody Brooks, a West Liberty Rotary exchange student in New Zealand, will visit in January. Christmas traditions from Australia Norway and the United States emphasize peace on earth.
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Barbara
United States
Rotary International
James Dreibelbeis
Bente
West Liberty
Delmar Jeneary
Santa
Australia
Norway
St. Nick
Colorado Springs
Melody Brooks
New Zealand
Rotary Exchangee
United States of America
Bente Myreng
Sage of Hope Advocates Global Student Exchange
A speaker extols studying abroad as a path to peace and mutual understanding. She cites the American Field Service motto Walk together talk together and emphasizes learning from other nations to foster harmony.
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Sage of
Petice
Earth
Field Service
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Beate
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Nour
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Wester Drug
E. Second St
Merry
W. Hope
Deason
Jeyz
W. Wesh
Seasons Greetings
Wilson
PRDAY
Tillie
Coder
John H.fillie
William W. Coder
Imperial Rentals
Hershey
Western Auto Store
Dial
Hetzler All-Star Dairy
Isett
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