Field post letters from hans koch, vienna, world war ii, eastern front, 1922-1945 previous letter (1942-12-20) letter no. 120 (1942-12-23) next letter (1942-12-31) east, december 23, 1942 my dear mum, today is the eve of christmas eve. How nervous we were as children back then, the anticipation was so great. We were always looking up to the sky to see if santa claus was coming. Today it is much less romantic, we still look up to the sky but not for santa claus but for the planes. A lot has changed. Despite that, we always feel festive at christmas, even here at home. I got a pretty little tree from the forest today, which i will decorate with silver paper and whatever else i can find. We each received a kg. Pastries, 1 christmas stollen, i was lucky and got a bottle of "cincano" italian vermouth - table of wine. 100 g chocolate, 5 rolls of drobs. So you can see that we also feel and notice that christmas is approaching. There were also cigarettes to buy and a number of little things. - the weather [is not bad for russia. ]. Date: 23 December 1942.
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