GI Christmas Package

The special Christmas package. Pulling in for Santa Claus and getting ready to untie a ribbon on a great big package of entertainment addressed to each and every one of you. And March do not open till Christmas.

It's chock full of greetings and word and songs from some of your favorite entertainers with a special message from the Chief of Chaplains for the Army and for the Navy. Right now gang, let's tear off the gift wrapping and see what's inside.

So let's make some room here because right at the top of your Christmas box are the Andrew sisters. Here to send their very best Christmas greetings.

And how are they going to do that? Well of course they're going to sing. Solid is the end on Old St. Nicklings's bag on when he brushes the thinders out of his beard after coming down to chin me.

Well, you know, fellas, Christmas calls for a lot of things, good fellowship, hospitality, and fun. But for a moment, with the finer implications of Christmas, we go to our nation's capital, Washington, where you will hear a special Christmas message from the Navy's chief of chaplains, Captain Robert B. Workman.

Go ahead, Washington, and Captain Workman. The chaplains of the Navy Department join with others here in Washington in sending special individual Christmas greetings to you, the men and women of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard.

This Christmas, our thought turns first to you. We know full well that your thoughts are of home and your loved one. We wish to assure you that the people here at home who appreciate the reason why we are in this war realize that you are putting your all into this scrap because you are anxious,