Luxembourg News » Wiltz News Luxembourg » Wiltz: Irondequoit WWII veteran remembered as the ‘American St. Nick’ who brought Christmas back to Luxembourg town
IRONDEQUOIT, N.Y. — Eighty years ago Thursday, in a war-torn town in the middle of Europe, a young soldier from Irondequoit turned into Santa Claus. The children in Wiltz, Luxembourg hadn’t celebrated ...
News Luxembourg » Wiltz: How a small gesture gave a town hope and a lasting tradition: The story of an ‘American St. Nick’
The days were cold and hard in Luxembourg in December 1944. Residents of the tiny town of Wiltz had just been liberated after more than four years of brutal German occupation. Members of the U.S. Army ...
News Luxembourg » Wiltz: Luxembourg Celebrates ‘the American St. Nick’ Eight Decades After a World War II Act of Kindness
By December 1944, when the 28th Infantry Division reached Wiltz, Santa Claus had been MIA for years. And then . . .
News Luxembourg » Wiltz: A Rochesterian’s wartime role as St. Nick is honored again
A Rochester soldier’s part in bringing cheer and hope to a town in Luxembourg during World War II has been given the stamp of approval. Actually, it’s two Christmas stamps issued by the Luxembourg ...
News Luxembourg » Wiltz: New ‘broom queen’ Fiona Streicher leads annual Wiltz festival
The 76th Geenzefest, the broom festival in Wiltz, took place over the Whitsun weekend, culminating in a parade on Monday, although fewer people than in previous years made their way to the Ardennes ...
News Luxembourg » Wiltz: Connecticut author’s book recounts American soldiers who brought Christmas tradition to World War II-weary Europe
The spirit of Christmas lived on in the village of Wiltz, Luxembourg, after a small number of American GIs renewed a tradition that was once forbidden to celebrate under Nazi occupation. Author Peter ...
News Luxembourg » Wiltz: The American St. Nick
The story of American soldiers in WWII created a tradition that continues to this day. During WWII, Wiltz, Luxembourg, suffered under German occupation—streets renamed, language banned and traditions ...