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Essay 4: My Grandfather is Santa Claus [#52essays2017]

Posted on January 27, 2017June 11, 2017 by Irina Gonzalez

This essay is part of the #52essays2017 series focusing on my memoir, Moscow Chica: How Growing Up in Cuba and Russia Made Me an American. For more, please follow this publication and subscribe to my newsletter. It was my last New Year’s Eve in Russia when I realized that Santa Claus was not real. I remember it clearly: The snow was coming down, and…

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Irina Gonzalez is a journalist, editor, and sober bisexual Latina mom with ADHD. She is the author of the Parenting in Hard Mode newsletter—for those of us who are raising social justice-minded families and getting real about mental health for parents navigating life on the difficult setting. She is also working on an upcoming book on impactful Latinx Americans with The Quarto Publishing Group.

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