Residents of an nursing home share their Christmas memories

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Christmas decorations.

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By: Laurence Théault

4 min

Eyes that sparkle, a few lapses of memory, a lot of memories… a few residents of the Saint-Vincent-de-Paul nursing home in Vendée, in the west of France, have recounted their Christmas memories.

A time when families went to midnight mass on foot, even in the snow.

A time when on December 25, children often found under the tree a few curls and oranges. 

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