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Generous public: Please avoid sending Christmas gifts to troops: Instead: htt

Thank you for visiting this page. Public support means a great deal to those who are serving, and particularly to those on operations. Support from home is an essential boost to the morale of our Armed Forces when they are away overseas facing the challenges of an operational environment. This is particularly important at Christmas, when, far away from family and friends, Servicemen and women are on duty around the globe in often difficult and dangerous conditions. Members of the public regularly show their support at this festive time, and help make Christmas for UK personnel a memorable one. However, during the Christmas period, many people send goodwill packages to serving personnel who they donât know personally. Although this is a very kind gesture, the resulting mountains of well-intentioned mail cause genuine difficulties in the Forcesâ postal system, meaning im...

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