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Southern Alberta senior pens Christmas story recounting true tale from his childhood in Finland

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Summary
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60% Informative

Esa Salonen , 81 , recounts his true story in his children's book, Santa 's Surprise: Christmas at Grandma ’s.

The story occurs in the winter of 1948 , when post-Second World War Finland faced food shortages.

His parents sent a five-year-old Salonen to live with his grandparents in Pincher Creek , Alberta .

Salonen says he wanted to share his story and explain to young children how much grandparents love their grandchildren.

VR Score

61

Informative language

56

Neutral language

74

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

35

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

medium-lived

Source diversity

1