Letters written by Beth Puckett to her husband Lewis Puckett who was serving in the US Navy in the Pacific Theatre. Topics include a new outfit, home renovations, sending Lewis Christmas presents, buying a Better Homes & Gardens cookbook, censorship, updates on the children, voting for the first time, figuring out Christmas gifts, cleaning, election results, son Stephen's 5th birthday, a flu epidemic in the local schools, care packages, the address for a friend who was recently reassigned, and celebrating Christmas with the children in spite of missing Lewis deeply.