Christmas 1941 came little more than two weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
In Japan, the Pearl Harbor strike force returned to Hiroshima Bay and toasted its sweeping success..
United States troops on Wake Island were battling a Japanese landing force and, in the Philippines, losing the fight to save Luzon.
While Americans attempted to go about celebrating as usual, the reality of the just-declared war was on everybody\'s mind.
The shock--in some cases overseas, elation--was worldwide.
Christmas 1941 came little more than two weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor