Glacier (WAGB 4) - Naval Cruise Book

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Y C H R I S SANTA CLAUS VISITS From Macho diver to Santa ' s elf. DCC Pardi does it all. Santa Claus with little helper, Hooya Elf, stopped in for a visit. At quarters, thev distributed gifts from the Navy League to selected crew members. Later on, Santa posed for photo ' s. Christmas was fun for evervone with Santa ' s Visit, the Christmas plav, caroling, gift exchanges and another elaborate feast from our cooks. The Christ- mas tradition was upheld b all, even though we wore shorts being a few miles from the equator! It was a truly hot partv enjoved bv all. Okay, but other than a transfer, isn ' t there anything else you guys want ' 1 M w ' l If: j s He knows when you ' ve been bad or good ' -rh e sound f music or a reasonable facsimile.

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• Cod in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. Luke 2:14 P L A Y Rehearsed A Spiritual Christmas This evening, before our presentation, we are going to name some of the ways people are reminded of Christmas. These include commercial (buy now, pay later), Santa Claus. Christmas dinners, family reunions, dressing the tree, and exchanging of gifts. Of course these are all enjoy- able aspects of Christmas; but C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S without C-H-R-l-S-T just really isn ' t Christmas at all: Lets take a lit- tle peek at what the first Christmas may have been like some 2,000 years ago with our Glacier Presentatioa THE CAST SSI Wallace Narrator DCl Harris Shepherd SK3 Hisaw Mary MK1 Dennis Shepherd EMI Pieplow Joseph DC3 Stamper Shepherd MST3Nasse Innkeeper MKC Hudson Wiseman EM3 Peterson Bell Hop RDC Murray Wiseman DCC Pardi .Angel ADC Ford Wiseman FN Schindler Angel EMC Williams Music FN Rodriguez Angel

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ENTERING THE REALM OF NEPTUNUS REX Uz Dei Christinas sale- signer t-shirt shop had a BM3 Harris looks on in amazement as our ever talented and entertaining wogs amuse themselves under the direction of SK3 Rocha. December 25 at 1819 LMT. Glacier crossed equator at 41 degrees 26.6W. Davey Jones amved later that evening to a rebellious and motly crew of wogs. I ' nder the conniving but clever Junior and his sidekick Mati-Hari Mooney. there were several insurrec- tions. Many seemed to lack the proper respect for the sea tradition about to take place; but that would come tomorrow when each sailor stands alone before King Neptune. December 26. all 110 wogs were mustered to determine their fate. A minor delay occured when GQ was set, reuniting wog and shellback into a tightly effi- cient though peculiar looking fire- fighting team. The fire was quickk extinguished and the ceremom proceeded. LT Prudhomme took the Jol! Roger, to late. Mooney went through with her usual t ht-t-k After a washdown. a bar-b-que ua held to top off a long but colorful da . Mayhem rides under the Jolly Roger. Free haircuts, another wog benefit RIGHT: Your friendly crev. (Back-Front S Cole. FN Fer- nandes. BM3 Harris, DC3 Stamper, and QM3 Miller.