While there was no indication of any understanding having been reached about a. Christ the alr, the R.A.P, left Germany alone over Christmas, and the only German Serial aelivity over Britain was. the appearance of a few German planes over the Orkneys and off the Scotish const during daylight yesterday.
is nol yet known whether weather conditions' were responsible for the peace and quiet enjoyed at the second Christmas of the war.
British bombers. carried out no operations on the might of December 24 and during Christmas Day, while the alert was not sounded in London =the Last alert inthe London area was on Monday night One German plane, however, was brought down inthe Orkneys by. fighters of the Fleet Air Arm cooperating with the R.A.F, Four members of the crew were captured, The Army yesterday forgot the serious business ahead for a brief spell to have its biggest "blow-out" of the year, a feature of which was 4 turkey, pork and beet dinner, while those who passed Christmas in Lon~ don's tubes spent their time in carol Singing and gaiety in gally decorated underground' shelters, Boys and girls laid. out. stockings fon Christmas eve on station platforms, where Santa Claus found and Giled them.
In one tube sheller on Christmas night, girls in party frocks daneed with their partners to musie from a violin and piano after presents had been distributed to the children from big Christmas tree.—Reuter,
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