A family gathers around a cast iron stove to celebrate their first Christmas in camp. Two boys and one girl sit on the floor. The father, left midground, sits on a wooden crate and shows his son how to play with a button and string toy. The mother seated on another wooden crate, right midground, wears an apron and holds a tray of drinks. A cat sleeps in front of the stove; three wrapped parcels and a bare tree decorated with a single star, occupy the left ground; socks and towels hang on a linein the background.