UFOCARD: CHRISTMAS AT SHADO

I'm not sure how those good people at SHADO celebrate Christmas. I suspect Alec Freeman will be wandering around the base with a sprig of mistletoe, hoping to bump into Colonel Lake. Paul Foster will be partying I'm sure, but I reckon he'll leave out the sauna until his hang- over is well gone.

Keith Ford and Ayshea Johnson will probably be on duty so no fun for them, although Ayshea might sneak a puff on the odd cigar during her morning break.

Peter Carlin and the crew of Skydiver 1 will probably organise a dance competition, which Peter usually wins for some reason.

And what about those Moonbase Operatives. Well, the Moon might have no atmosphere, but I reckon the Leisure Sphere will be very festive and full of lunar 'Crackers'...(Yes, I know, corny, and not in keeping with todays progressive values , but hey, remember UFO was made in the early seventies!)

Straker will begrudgingly give Miss Eland Christmas day off ,  and will be probably visited by three aliens in his dreams who will just tell him to loosen up a bit. He'll just say, "Are you the SHADO's of the things that Will be, or the SHADO's of things that Might be?" (More corn I know, but anything Christmassy has to have a sprinkle of Dickens, doesn't it?)

And what about the aliens, themselves. Will there be a Christmas armistice or will they just work through?

Watch the skies...