Sofiya Sukach, an international exchange student from Ukraine who is living with Steve Payson’s family in Lamesa, experienced a different Christmas than usual this year. Sukach, who has been attending Lamesa High School during the 2018-2019 school year, said she celebrates Christmas on the seventh of January in her home country of Ukraine. “It was super different because first of all, Texas doesn’t have snow. And we were in Florida for Christmas and it was really hot ... I usually get such weather for hot summers, so it was super unusual,” Sukach said. Sukach said Christmas is all about Christ. Before Christmas, she ...