25 Dec: Tues (12.10) (midday)

    Well, here’s the great day at last, Christmas on Christmas Island. We’ve spent the morning swimming since we got up. Just about now the Xmas parties in England will be at their height.

     (9.10pm). Manie’s the unhappy bod who is staggering round still, from last nights shindig and some of them haven’t been to bed at all. We shall be going up to the cookhouse before long for our Xmas dinner.

    (11.45 pm) The dinner was terrific + crackers, nuts, apples, oranges & cigars. Had a few beers in the evening, and went up to a party at the WVS. There was a false alarm about the Army attacking us, as nothing has happened.