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Hello everybody..
Two weeks before Christmas each person drew out of a hat the name of another expeditioner. Their task was to then make a Christmas present for this person. The idea is to make something simple and while you are doing it not to tell anybody else so that they can guess who the present is destined for. I was to make a present for one of the Communications Technicians, David Vinycomb. Dave's job is to look after all the radio communications at Mawson. So just as things normally happen for me, a silly idea sprung into my head, and I decided to make a chocolate walky-talky radio. So during a slushy duty I set about constructing a radio from wafer biscuits and covering it in chocolate. After I finished I wrapped it up and wrote on the outside "Santa wishes to apologia for accidentally dropping your present into a vat of chocolate - he hope's you can fix it". I then anonymously placed it below the stations Christmas tree beside all the other wrapped up presents people had made. Well before Christmas the Mawson Chef, nicknamed 'Gerbil' (real name Andrew Tink), begun preparations by cooking a vast array of side dishes and sweets. Closer to the day he started on the main course. While the food was being prepared, station duties were allocated for blowing up balloons, and hanging up the decorations.
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