Great St. James is a small island just off the southeast tip of St. Thomas U.S. Virgin Islands, and on its sheltered westward side, is a small bay named Christmas Cove. Legend has it that about 35 years ago, this cove was the site of a huge potluck Christmas dinner between the cruising families who were visiting the warm waters of the Virgin Islands. This dinner became an annual event among these sailors, and was just referred to as Christmas Cove from then on. With a small inlet in the middle of the cove, it offers an easy snorkel from your yacht charter, as well as good diving on the Stragglers, a rocky outcropping leading south from the island of Great St. James itself. Christmas Cove is a common overnight anchorage, depending on weather, and you will no doubt see other charter yachts also anchored there or sailing past.