Well, here’s a story.
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| Now I’m SO glad I bought that Christmas mantel covering! |
My new Christmas tradition is to invite any internationals over to my home who don’t have a place to go and who would like to celebrate Christmas the American way. I do this through my American Skills for Internationals Meetup and Welcome Dialogue, my business that helps expat professionals make more money and more friends.
This year I also posted the event on my neighborhood’s Facebook page and got a message from a journalist from CBS Channel 2 Chicago. They asked to do a story on my party! Of course I said YES, so an hour into my party a news crew came over and took footage of me and my guests (and my impeccable Christmas decorations *ahem*).
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| Me. Talking. |
After they left, I declared that my party was officially going until 10:00 so we could watch the news together and see ourselves. Most people wimped out and left before then, I guess because they have no lust for the public eye. But two of my guests and me were ecstatic to see that our news segment was the second story of Christmas night! Well, locally on channel 2, anyway. Here it is and I love the name of the story. One Woman’s Gift to Strangers: Fellowship and a Christmas Meal.
My only problem is: how do I top this?
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| Reporter Charlie De Mar and my guest Sumayia Hassan |
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| The Press. They’re always trying to get into my parties… |
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| My guest Ahmed Albandawi. |
UPDATE on 22 Jan 2019: Sadly, I took down the Welcome Dialogue website and accepted that this business will no longer be my focus.
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