Message on the Observance of Christmas
12/17/1985
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We owe all we have to our forebears who built our land and our government and gave it to us as a sacred bequest.
We deserve to be proud.
Well, that wasn't a proposal. That was a decision that has been made.
This is truly a wonderful occasion, the culmination of years of hard work and remarkable generosity.