The greatest gift

Washington Times ^ | Thursday, Christmas Day, 2003 | By Paul Craig Roberts

[JohnHuang2]

Christmas is a time of traditions. If you have found time in the rush before Christmas to decorate a tree, you are sharing in a relatively new tradition.

Although the Christmas tree has ancient roots, at the beginning of the 20th century only 1 in 5 American families put up a tree. It was 1920 before the Christmas tree became the hallmark of the season. Calvin Coolidge was the first president to light a national Christmas tree on the White House lawn.

[JohnHuang2]

Thursday, Christmas Day, 2003

Quote of the Day by viaveritasvita

[hole_n_one]

Merry Christmas, JH2,........

and a healthy and prosperous new year, my FRiend!

[Ron H.]

Merry Christmas to All

[petuniasevan]

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

JOY TO THE WORLD!

[bd476]

Hi John,

This is a beautiful message. Thank you for posting this.

Merry Christmas and God Bless America!

[Iris7]

Roberts said, "Power that is secularized and cut free of civilizing traditions is not limited by moral and religious scruples. V.I. Lenin made this clear when he defined the meaning of his dictatorship as "unlimited power, resting directly on force, not limited by anything.""

We all know there are individuals and groups here in America that desire the power Lenin described above all else.

These people are easy to pick out with a little practice. What is painful is that so many people, people relatively not so evil, refuse to make this judgement, to make this distinction.

God is the source of all strength, all wisdom, and all courage. He is giving us his only begotten Son to save us from Sin, Sin that puts us in Satan's power. He is giving us his Son today of all days, and on each and every other day as well.

A good and Holy Christmas to you all.

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

I don't know if it's still working, but this thread has a link to Amy Grant's version of a song that can definitely put a lump in your throat:

Grown-Up Christmas List

[Elkiejg]

Merry CHRISTmas John and a special thanks to you for your brilliant words that always inspire us and often make us LOL.

[JohnHuang2]

Why, THANK YOU very much, my friend, and a very Merry Christmas to you and yours! :-)

[JohnHuang2]

Thank you, and a very Merry Christmas to you, too! :-)

[JohnHuang2]

Merry Christmas, friend

[JohnHuang2]

You're welcome and a very Merry Christmas to you, friend

[JohnHuang2]

Merry Christmas backatya, friend

[thesummerwind]

Christianity's emphasis on the worth of the individual makes such power as Lenin claimed unthinkable. Be we religious or be we not, our celebration of Christ's birthday celebrates a religion that made us masters of our souls and of our political life on Earth. Such a religion is worth holding on to even by atheists.

Excellent article. And if I may extend this a little further, the celebration of Christianity here in America, IMO, has created the freedom that is the fertile ground which produces excellent websites such as Free Republic.

Merry Christmas

[dokmad]

PEACE ON EARTH & GOD BLESS AMERICA

And a very Merry Christmas to all of my fellow God loving, freedom fighting, patriotic Americans. And a special thanks to Freerepublic.com. Freep on!

[JohnHuang2]

Merry Christmas backatya, friend :-)

[JohnHuang2]

Merry Christmas to you, too, my friend.

[lonestar]

Merry Christmas, "Two Bits."

[JohnHuang2]

Merry Christmas backatya, friend :-)

[bert]

    Merry Christmas

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