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Friday before Xmas— Dearest Polly— We are very near to the happy day & next Friday shall have many exciting things to tell you of. Some boxes have not come yet. All the more fun for it to be nearer the day - we are going to have some fun even if you are absent. At first I tho't we were not - Cecil says "presents, bungoes" (bundles) when ever he sees a paper parcel - & is getting quite worked up about Xmas. I told him he was to have a drum, & he seems to understand it perfectly. We have been trying to have colds & I have been in the house for several