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A gift of family, a gift of love
Source: Poul Riemerman, December 2010, Valley CityND.
Eva Pedersen has seen many Christmases in her 93 years.
Synove Evangeline Falstad. It was later anglicized to Eva.
Her earliest Christmas memories were with her father Ellef, suffered a serious stroke in 1921 when she was 4, and died in 1936.
Pedersen said Santa Claus is called Nisemon in Norway. The family lived on a farm in Green Township, Barnes County.
Pedersen had two brothers, Bergir and Ingman.
With nine apples, one for each child, there was enough to bake a pie.
Bjerke said her parents never bought any gifts until Christmas Eve because the cost was lowest at that point.
a gift of family and a gift of love.“