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Music Appreciation

Swede

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2. My oldest brother married an ethnic Ukrainian.

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Sun Dec 7, 2025, 09:10 AM

Sunday

I grew up in Western Canada where the Ukrainian diaspora population is over 1.3 million. In school half the kids I went to school with were of Ukrainian descent. Perogies, cabbage rolls, is a part of our Christmas celebration. Now Ukrainian refugees are coming here again.

Thanks for this.

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