CALGARY–For Helen Jusic, picking a favourite Christmas memory is no easy task. Her childhood holidays were filled with carols, twinkling lights, and the sound of bells calling people to midnight Mass. One thing she can determine with certainty, though, is the best gift she ever received—an orange.
Jusic, 88, came to Canada 63 years ago from Austria, where she found refuge after escaping from then communist-ruled Croatia. Her childhood was difficult, she says, as her family struggled with unemployment and she began working at the age of 12.
