Tuesday December 23-1913 On Sunday the Sun started back to us. We will be very glad to see it although we are in no ways suffering from the darkness. On Monday morning the visitors left in a crowd. The natives like travelling together and now ally move that way. As julingwash is building his homstik for the long trip. Ootah he decides to go with us. He feels that he will be a good man on the Pole as he was at the Pole with Peary and he had a good deal of experiences there. ->CHRISTMAS< Thursday Dec 25-1913 everyone took a bath Christmas Eve! +T + land new Storm bound down The coast but arrived two days late at just the moment if put Christmas dinner on the table. It has been blowing mostly milder in during; a real Christmas. Of course we were all happy with plenty of Christmas certs and President Boston's Christmas dinner - his present to the expedition. I took a long walk to work up an appetite. The northern lights played over my head + I was very happy.