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1996 Christmas Message From
U.S. President Clinton
The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
Christmas 1996
Warm greetings to everyone celebrating Christmas
Each year during this blessed season, the world pauses to look
back across the centuries to the birth of a Child. This Child was
born to poor but loving parents in the small town of Bethlehem --
born into a world where few noticed His coming, except for some
simple shepherds and a few wise men. He was the Son of God and the
King of Kings, but He chose to come among us as servant and Savior.
Though two thousand years have passed since Jesus first walked the
earth, much remains the same. Today's world is still caught up in
the challenges and cares of everyday existence, and too often we
crowd God into the background of our experience. Too often we
still ignore His loving presence in our lives and the precious
2gifts of peace and hope that He so freely offers to us all. And
today, as on that first Christmas morning, He still reveals Himself
to the loving, the wise, and the simple of heart.
As we gather with family and friends again this year to celebrate
Christmas, let us welcome God wholeheartedly into our daily lives.
Let us learn to recognize Him not only in the faces of our loved
ones, but also in the faces of those who, like Jesus, are familiar
with poverty, hardship, and rejection. And let us be inspired
by His example to serve one another with generous hearts and open
hands. In this way we will approach the dawn of a new century and
a new millennium confident in God's abundant grace and strengthened
by His timeless promise of salvation.
Hillary joins me in praying that the peace and joy of this holiday season will remain with you throughout the coming year. Merry Christmas, and God bless you.
William J. Clinton
President of the United States
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