ROBBINSTON, Maine β€” Thousands of American soldiers and sailors headed home this past week to spend Christmas with their families.

Zane Clossey, 19, was just one.

He flew into Bangor International Airport at 2 a.m. Dec. 19, landing in the loving arms of his family.

But for his mom, who lives just across the border in St. John, New Brunswick, and his dad, of Robbinston, getting to know the new Zane over the past week was a shocker and an eye-opener.

β€œHe has changed so much in the past four months,” Harold Clossey said of his son as they relaxed together at home Sunday.