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Richard Nixon: For the true light of Christmas is not the light on the tree. It is the light in the eyes of a child.

On the recordDecember 15, 1970
For the true light of Christmas is not the light on the tree. It is the light in the eyes of a child.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Remarks at the Lighting of the Nation's Christmas Tree

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