Christmas

Three women in vintage dresses standing together

Chapter 19: Magdalena Beck: Arrival, Christmas 1929

10/14/2025

The Beck Sisters — Magdalena Beck, Rosalia Beck (Schmieder), and Theresia Beck (Kautz). Embarkation at...

Silhouetted mother and children by glowing stove

Chapter 7: Schmieder Family’s First Christmas in America, 1924

04/06/2025

Loneliness in a New Land: Longing for Christmas Past The bitter cold seeped through the...

Vintage sparse Christmas tree beside wooden chair

A Heartwarming Depression-Era Christmas on the Schmieder Farm

12/30/2024

On Christmas Eve, during the depths of the Great Depression, the Schmieder family in Alexander,...