The true spirit of Christmas. I like to think this scene is repeated in many safe places in the world especially on this day.
The Kalyana family’s first Canadian Christmas tree is a big one, the star at the top touching the ceiling of their Oak Bay apartment.
Julyan, the dad, says they used to have Christmas trees back in Iraq, too, but stopped erecting them around 2006. It identified them as Christian, and therefore a target for the sectarian violence gripping the country. “It was dangerous to make a Christmas tree in your house.”
For the whole story:
https://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/jack-knox-refugee-family-relishes-first-canadian-christmas-at-home-1.23556348
