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Carol singing
December 1940
I am five and a half years old. Its the Christmas
holidays and Im waiting. Waiting for the war to be
over. Everyone said the war would be over by last
Christmas, but its still going and when I asked Father
if it would be over this Christmas, in two days time,
he shook his head and looked sad.
Im also waiting for Christmas. Yesterday we decorated the pine branch that Father cut down from a tree
in the village, put up the holly and finished making
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