[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 35, Number 51 (Monday, December 27, 1999)]
[Page 2666]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Christmas Greeting to the Nation

December 24, 1999

    The President. On this holiest of holidays, Hillary and I wish all 
of you a very merry Christmas. At the dawn of a new millennium, let us 
reflect on our hopes, our dreams, the gifts we can give to the future.
    The First Lady. From our family to yours, Merry Christmas, Happy New 
Year, and may God bless you all.

Note: The greeting was videotaped at approximately 2:30 p.m. in Room 459 
in the Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building for later 
broadcast and was made available by the Office of the Press Secretary on 
December 23 but was embargoed for release until 12:01 a.m., December 24. 
A tape was not available for verification of the content of this 
greeting.