Already the Fourth Marines Club is a blaze of lights in preparation for December 25 and the words "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year" flash in brilliant colours across Bubbling Well Road. There will be a party for the children of enlisted men at the library of the Club on Christmas Eve and a member of the Regiment will act as Santa Claus. In addition there will also be a "Home-going Dance" on New Yea Eve when members of the unit will be able to invite their civilian friends to the club, The French Forces in Shanghai will fare just as well as their foreign colleagues and special food will grace their tables during Christmas Day. There will also be special services on that day for the men and Lieut.-Col.
Perretier, the commander, will wish them all a "Happy Christmas."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.