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No.57
France
29/12/17

Dear Mother

I haven't heard from you or Australia at all for about five weeks.   I think our Xmas mail has gone down for no one has received any Xmas parcels. I got one through the Aust. Comforts Fund from the Bank.   But it is better that the parcels have not come as far as we are concerned because we are in such a good place  & had such a good time that parcels were not necessary.

On Xmas morning I got up early  & left in a cart in search of fancy custumes from a certain units concert party.   It was a lovely cold morning  & we soon began to freeze.   Went for a long detour round the country having taken a "short" cut picking up the costumes  & got back for dinner.   You should have seen the mess room when I arrived back.   Many willing hands had decorated it with flags  & the tables were spread with white cloths  & red table centres.   But the food!   Soup, ham  & mashed potatoes, roast turkey  & baked spuds  & brussels sprouts - plumb pudding

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