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was to [sic] warm for the snow to stay on. I didn't recieve any of my mail while I was away from the Battery. All my mail was forwarded to Camp Coetquidan, and it hasn't caught up with me yet. I've been back with the battery now a little over a week ago. That Christmas box has not arrived yet. I expect it within the next day or two. Say, my mouth is watering now, I don't see what difference it would make to the assistant post master there just so you had the regulation size of a box. The next chance I get I will send you a silk handkerchief with Souvenir de France on it. I am not any place where I can buy them now.