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One particular Christmas which was a really beautiful starlit night it was Christmas Eve and a very big convoy came in, but they weren't badly wounded. They were all very cheerful at the idea of getting into a bed and having Christmas in bed. We started singing, I think it was Hark the Herald Angels or something. Anyhow, they all sang and it was such a very quiet, still night and you could hear them going up and winding up and down this hill, these boys singing their hearts out, Christmas carols. It was really a lovely thing, moon shining, and the stars shining and these boys all singing carols as they went up to the hospital. They were so thankful, they knew they'd get a bath and clean. It was wonderful; I'll always remember that night.