13 December
Christmas Eve has arrived on the Surprise!
With preparations over, it's time to eat Christmas dinner, the best meal of the year for most of the hands.
Everyone celebrates in joyful gatherings (of carefully scheduled watches) - the Surprise's crew forward in the mess deck...
...and her officers aft in the captain's great cabin.
They eat, drink, and make merry until the late hours.
"But doctor - with respect - if they are flying reindeer walking about up on deck, they're out of our class!"
"Uh-oh, I know one sleepy midshipman who needs to go to sleep..."
...because tomorrow IS CHRISTMAS DAY!!!"
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With preparations over, it's time to eat Christmas dinner, the best meal of the year for most of the hands.
Everyone celebrates in joyful gatherings (of carefully scheduled watches) - the Surprise's crew forward in the mess deck...
...and her officers aft in the captain's great cabin.
They eat, drink, and make merry until the late hours.
"But doctor - with respect - if they are flying reindeer walking about up on deck, they're out of our class!"
"Uh-oh, I know one sleepy midshipman who needs to go to sleep..."
...because tomorrow IS CHRISTMAS DAY!!!"
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