Christmas
Christmas around Boyceville and Glenwood City – 2021
REMEMBRANCES OF CHRISTMASES PAST: Darlene Peterson: Christmas was simple “and everyone was happy, that’s the main thing.”
By Missy Klatt Darlene Peterson, nee Wienke, was born on a dairy farm in Forest during the depression. However they moved to Gilman when she was about a year old. Her and her family which included younger brother, Dewey lived there for about ten years before moving back to the Wilson area. Being that it…
Read MoreVisits with Santa in Glenwood City and Boyceville – 2021
REMEMBRANCES OF CHRISTMASES PAST: Don Leier: one year getting a coloring book and color crayons, and he thought that was a lot
By Missy Klatt Nonagenarian, Don Leier is a relative new comer to Glenwood City, moving here in 2003 with his wife Genevieve, a couple of years after his daughter and her family moved to the area. Don grew up in lower St. Paul and had lived in the Cities till his move here. Don was…
Read MoreREMEMBRANCES OF CHRISTMASES PAST: June Stack remembers thinking Santa was weird, kind of strange, she had never heard of him
By Missy Klatt June was born six miles north of Glenwood City, the youngest of five children born to Leon and Camilla Swanepoel. Leon and Camilla emigrated here from Belgium but it took a while for both of them to get here along with June’s oldest brother, Bill who was also born in Belgium. June’s…
Read MoreREMEMBRANCES OF CHRISTMASES PAST: Ruth Schutz: Santa was in school but we had a Christian Christmas at home
By Missy Klatt Ruth Schutz was born in 1928 to August and Lena Schutz, the oldest of an “all girl” family. She grew up on the family farm south of Boyceville on County Rd. K with her sisters, Alena, Ardy and Alievia. Sadly another sister, Audney died when she was eight and a half months…
Read MoreDear Santa – Mrs. Hellmann’s 3rd Grade Class – 2021
Dear Santa, What kinde of milk do you like and what kinde of cooky do you like and what kinde of choclate do you like? I have been good this year because I’ve been lisining. Please can I have popets and simpledimpl and infinidyrub and a wackytrack a facke prinsus vanidy table 2 prinsus phone…
Read MoreDear Santa – Mrs. Klassen’s 3rd Grade Class – 2021
Dear Santa, I want a paint ball gun, money, and targets. Everett Schoonover, 9 Boyceville Dear Santa, I have been good this year. I would please want to have to following, an Etch a sketch guide boos, a few HALO books, A couple Hogwares course that I don’t have, a piano, and a violan.…
Read MoreDear Santa – Mrs. Roemhild’s 3rd Grade Class – 2021
Dear Santa, I really hope you come and you’re not sick. Can I please have a chrismas hat. Hows your day going saint nick. And hopefully you come and I wish you a merry chrismas also I wish you will never be alone because it will always be in your heart and mine. I please…
Read MoreDear Santa – Mrs. Reisimer’s 2nd Grade Class – 2021
Dear Santa, How are you? I been good. Pleass send me a toy named Meko and some jeging. Thank you. Pleass give a thank you to Mrs. Closs. I like you. Monett Cumming, 8 Boycville Dear Santa, Your walkcum for feding your rane Deer. I Ban good. Please sand me a neu huvrbord plase.…
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