Two times away from Family during Christmas. The first for me was in 1990 during Operation Desert Storm. I was in training in the United States in the Mountain Phase of U.S. Army Ranger School as the military was in war-time mode. There were no breaks in training and I spent Christmas away. The next was in 2010 serving in Afghanistan. Right before Christmas, Robin Williams arrived in-country and he did a wonderful stand-up act. It was quite the morale boost.
I thought the folks from Jersey might think the second video is interesting.
Interesting video about Jersey Scriv. Those soldiers were bored and homesick but they all knew there were worse places to be! The big fear was the Eastern Front!