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Although there were many people at the nuptials, only four Danes attended: Marie and Johnny Sorenson and Arne and Erik Skov. Chris's family could not afford to come to Canada for his wedding but sent gifts and their loving best wishes.
Thank you so much for the wedding invitation which we received today. There is nothing on Earth that I would rather do than to be with you on this festive day. Even though we are miles away, we will be with you in our thoughts and we wish you a bright and happy future with all our heart. We have sent a small thing to you. It is not much, but we hope it will get there in time. We had to wait a while for it, but now it is on its way as well as a small package from grandmother and Ella that we hope reaches you intact. We thought of something that you will not be able to buy in Canada and hope you will be happy for this greeting from Kedde's childhood home.
Anna Bennedsen to Chris Bennedsen and Connie Colangelo, August 15, 1959.
(CMC, Christian Bennedsen Collection, Correspondence series, Box P-29, 17th group, translated from Danish)
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