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Photos: A bit of Vietnam Christmas in Joliet

By Denise M. Baran-Unland
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Seminarian Peter Nguyen poses for a portrait on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, at Saint Anthony Catholic Church in Joliet, Ill. Nguyen helped build a holiday nativity display in the church sanctuary, which will remain up until mid-January. (Geoff Stellfox - gstellfox@shawmedia.com/Geoff Stellfox - gstellfox@shawmedia.com)

Denise Unland

Denise M. Baran-Unland

Denise M. Baran-Unland is the features editor for The Herald-News in Joliet. She covers a variety of human interest stories. She also writes the long-time weekly tribute feature “An Extraordinary Life about local people who have died. She studied journalism at the College of St. Francis in Joliet, now the University of St. Francis.