Christmas will soon be upon us. The purpose of this thread is to post something from WW2 that is related to Christmas. The great thing about this thread is that we can update it on an annual basis. Anyway I will kick off with the 1940 Christmas Day menu for the airman at R.A.F. Penrhos. Sounds quite tasty!
I've always liked the airgraphs sent at christmas. This is just one example - a rather restrained on at that. I shall try to find some more - some can be quite elaborate And the picture is probably atleast twice as large as the original airgraph
It was fun to read some of these things .... but it maybe that we'll be picking up some tips ....... :becky: Christmas Under Fire This is the story of how Britain celebrated Christmas during the war years. Discover why rationing made the Christmas dinner a triumph of ingenuity, and how Santa had to cobble presents together from discarded household bits and pieces. BBC - History - Christmas Under Fire The Old Foodie: 1944: Wartime Christmas Recipes.
A Wartime Christmas All the London papers' obituary pages reward close attention, but the Daily Telegraph remains peerless in tracking the lives and, obviously, deaths, of WW2 servicemen. These accounts of remarkable derring-do and extraordinary achievement under testing circumstances naturally seem more, not less, vital as the number of survivors dwindles. Thus this charming anecdote from today's obituary of Lieutenant 'Polly' Perkins, a motor torpedo boat captain who won two DSC's: On December 18/19 1944, by which time he had been promoted to command the long-range MTB 766, Perkins was hiding in the fjords during an operation to land and recover agents in Norway. He sent a rating ashore to obtain some Christmas trees for the forthcoming festivities. Three small saplings were brought on board but when the boat returned to Lerwick for a debrief on how the operation had gone, Perkins was persuaded to give up two of the trees to the senior Norwegian naval liaison officer. One subsequently found its way to King Haakon VII and the other to the Norwegian prime minister, both of whom were in exile in London. Perkins dined out on his claim that this was the origin of the Norwegian custom of sending a Christmas tree to Trafalgar Square every year since 1947. Lieutenant 'Polly' Perkins - Telegraph
Hitler's 1941 Christmas party for Nazi party members. Do they look happy to you? LIFE: Hitler/Jaeger File - Hosted by Google
51st HD Christmas 1944, nice touch with the sprig of holly behind the cap badge. Dad never forgot that Christmas as he never got a Christmas dinner, he was off down to the Ardenne.
This is an interesting contemporary video of cooking a christmas meal, WW2 style: MySpaceTV Videos: Mock turkey Christmas dinner by Harry
And I love this Christmas clip: YouTube - Merry Christmas everyone, and a Happy and Peaceful New Year! The second half is just shots of aircraft in the snow but hey any excuse
I know this is a no no site but just thought you may like to scroll down and see ....... WWII B-24 LIBERATOR CHRISTMAS BALL ORNAMENT - USA MADE - eBay (item 380080271919 end time Dec-09-08 13:51:58 PST)
Don't yell at me ... 'cos this is 1914 .... but here's Princess Mary's Christmas box !! Royal Insight > December 2005 > Focus > Princess Mary's gift to the troops
