Good news for your Christmas reading

Summary: For Christmas we deliver our traditional post of good and inspirational news, a break from our usual gloomy but inspirational service. Regular service will resume tomorrow. Best wishes for a Merry Christmas to you all!

Christmas peace

Contents

  1. A special post about Christmas
  2. A video about Christmas history of America’s military
  3. A holiday reminder about gifts to those who defend America
  4. A real Christmas story, for which we should be grateful
  5. Good news about the world
  6. Posts with good news about America

(1)ย ย  A special post about Christmas

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From 2011, well worth reading:ย  Iโ€™ll Be Home for Christmas โ€“ Marines inย WWII.

(2)ย  A holiday reminder about gifts to those who defend America

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  1. An effective way to support our Troops: help the Blue Star Mothers ofย America, 8 June 2008 โ€” There are ways to support our troops, actions more effective than a bumper sticker on your car.
  2. Support the USO โ€“ more effective than a bumperย sticker, 5 July 2008 โ€” Another way to support our troops, more effective than a bumper sticker.

(3)ย  A video about Christmas history of America’s military

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(4)ย  A real Christmas story, for which Americans should be grateful

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Here is a Christmas story known to few Americans, which should be read by all:ย  Washingtonโ€™s Gift by Thomas Fleming, Wall Street Journal, 24 December 2007 โ€” โ€œOur revolution could have ended in despotism, like so many others.โ€ย  Subscription only; an open copy appears at the David Gold website):

There is a Christmas story at the birth of this country that very few Americans know. It involves a single act by George Washington โ€” his refusal to take absolute power โ€” that affirms our own deepest beliefs about self-government, and still has profound meaning in todayโ€™s world. To appreciate its significance, however, we must revisit a dark period at the end of Americaโ€™s eight-year struggle for independence.

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