Lyndon Johnson actually said...

Now it is my great privilege to do as Presidents have done for 40 years--to press this button and light the Christmas tree for all the Natio...

For nearly 200 years of our existence as a nation, America has stood for peace in the world.

Since the first Christmas, man has moved slowly but steadily forward toward realizing the promise of peace on earth among men of good will.

Last January there was violence in Panama.