[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 36, Number 52 (Monday, January 1, 2001)]
[Page 3179]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Christmas Greeting to the Nation

December 24, 2000

    The President. On this holiest of holidays, Hillary and I want to 
wish all of you a very Merry Christmas. Tonight we gather with family 
and friends to reflect on our good fortune, rejoice in memories of the 
year past, and look forward with hope to the days ahead.

    The First Lady. From our family to yours, Merry Christmas, Happy New 
Year, and God bless you all.

 Note:  The greeting was videotaped at approximately 4 p.m. in the Map 
Room on December 19 for later broadcast, and the transcript was made 
available by the Office of the Press Secretary on December 22 but was 
embargoed for release until 12:01 a.m., December 24. These remarks were 
also made available on the White House Press Office Actuality Line.