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My mother is a first-generation immigrant to the United States, and we spend a lot of time celebrating her Swiss heritage during the holidays. Samichlaus, the Swiss version of Santa, would visit on Dec. 6. The doorbell would magically ring, and our stockings would be sitting on the doorstep bursting with cookies and candy and always a toothbrush. Then on Christmas Eve, we would open our gifts. When I was a child, it was excruciating to make it through the day. My siblings and I would lie by the tree and hold each gift, maybe shaking it a little, and ask our parents when it would be time to open presents. But we knew the drill: First was a drawn-out dinner of finger foods, then we would light the candles on the tree and sing an endless amount of Christmas songs in English and German. Finally the Christmas cookies would appear, and after what seemed like an eternity, it would be time.

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