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Christmas program at Old German School pays tribute to German roots

The seventh annual German Christmas program will be presented Dec. 21 at 7 p.m. at the Old German School, located on the Huntington-Wabash county line.

The school will be decorated with a wild cedar tree holding German decorations and candles for the candlelight ceremony, and luminarias will light the way to the school. Hot cider and German cookies will be served.

Rosemarie Felts, a native of Germany, will talk about her memories of Christmas as a child living in Berlin during World War II.

The gospel of St. Luke will be read in German and in English, and a sixth-generation descendant of the original Schenkel family will sing “Stille Nacht.” Those attending will sing Christmas carols as a group.

The brick school was built in 1887 by members of the St. Paul German Evangelical Church to provide children with religious instruction in the German language. After years of disuse, the building has been restored and now houses exhibits interpreting the history of the church and the large German settlement which once existed in the area.

The German School is located at 3995N-1000W.