Students at Stephens Elementary School in Alexander City did a lot of traveling on Tuesday.
For most of the day, the students took turns visiting various classrooms throughout the school that had been decorated for Christmas in each of nine different countries around the globe to learn about the Christmas customs of each of the countries and how they differ from ours.
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