Celebrating Christmas around the world in Aurora

Aurora exchange students share their Christmas traditions

Displaying their ugly Christmas sweaters for Education First’s Christmas party were from left: Noham Borie (France), Jitse Valkenburg (Netherlands), Emma Heckmann (Germany) and Nils Lendi (Switzerland).
Displaying their ugly Christmas sweaters for Education First’s Christmas party were from left: Noham Borie (France), Jitse Valkenburg (Netherlands), Emma Heckmann (Germany) and Nils Lendi (Switzerland).

The Ivy was festive Dec. 3 as students from the Education First exchange program gathered with their host families to celebrate holiday traditions together. Among the exchange students celebrating their first Christmas in America was Emma Heckmann from Germany, Nils Lendi from Switzerland, Noham Borie from France and Jitse Valkenburg from the Netherlands.  While participating in new tradition…