(The following is transcribed from the President’s official address to the nation on Christmas, 2017.)
My Fellow America:
On this very special day, we celebrate the birth of God. On this day, two thousand and seventeen years ago, Jesus was born unto Mary, his mother, and they say she was a virgin, which is a miracle, as everybody knows. It was a tremendous event. People from all over the world came to say Happy Birthday to the new baby. And to bring him presents. A lot of people don’t know that that was the day Santa Claus, the Bringer of Gifts, was invented.
A star was born that night. A star in the heavens, to guide the Wise Men to the manager of the Christs’ child, and people everywhere said, “This is fantastic. He’s going to be our Savior, and he’s going to do an amazing job.”
And he did. He became very, very successful. He started in business as a carpenter, but he did what so many of us do—he did what I did, got a great education, went to the best schools, had a genius IQ, and moved on from there. He proved to the world that he could do beautiful, wonderful things. He loved everybody, except of course the haters. They said he performed miracles. He turned water into wine and loaves into fishes. Look, that’s what they say, I don’t know, I wasn’t there, you tell me.
But what matters is faith. Very, very important. Christian faith. Now today, I hate to tell you, today there are so-called religions that don’t have Christian faith. Maybe they believe in other things, I don’t know. But the Founding Fathers knew that you can’t make America great without Christian faith. And that is why—this is what someone told me—that is why our national motto is in Latin, which is the language Jesus spoke before he learned English. Our motto, some of you may know this, is “E Pluribus Unum,” which means “Many is Better Than One.” And that’s true about everything—Christmas presents, houses, women, you name it. That’s the principle our nation was founded on. The idea that everyone wants more than one of everything, and in America, no matter who you are, as long as you’re from America, you too can want more than one of one thing, many things, or everything.
So these are the lessons Jesus taught. Want more of everything. Want more of Life. And go for it. And loyalty. Very, very important. Jesus had the apostles, who were unbelievably loyal to him, and not just because he was God, but because he had hired them. They owed their careers to him. They went around the room and all thanked him for hiring them, and told him what an honor it was to help him make Israel, or Palestine, which is what it was called back then, great. He said, “Be loyal unto me, because it is the right thing to do, and who knows, if you are not loyal unto me, something might happen.” Because things happen. That I can tell you. And Jesus knew this, too.
He knew a lot of things. We have to remember that Jesus was the Messiah. Now, if you read the Bible—which is an amazing book. It’s probably my favorite book of all time—you realize that there were people who wanted to remove Jesus from office. They didn’t want him to be Messiah any more. But he said unto them, “You only want me out because you didn’t get to be Messiah. Meanwhile, I hate to tell you, you don’t have anything on me, and you’re sore losers.”
But you know how people are. Some of them said, “How can you be a messiah, when you don’t have any experience in it?” But Jesus said, “I have experience in Life. Plus carpentry. I’ve worked on a great number of projects—rehabs, tear-downs, spec houses, you name it. When you have the career I’ve had, you learn about Life.” That is how Jesus was able to accomplish more in his first year of being Messiah than any other messiah in history. The things he did, the miracles, the wise things he said. And he did this with just his team, without any help from the Romans, believe me.
Finally, I want to say something to the children. Christmas is for everyone, of course, except whatever non-Christians we have, but especially for the children. Because it’s a birthday party. Jesus himself was a child when he was born. And so to this very day, we have a beautiful tradition—of being excited, going to bed, getting up early, and running downstairs to see what presents Santa has brought us. Of course, some people don’t have stairs. That’s okay. What matters is that you get what you want.
And I think that’s the true meaning of Christmas: getting what you want. And that’s the American dream, too. So they’re both the same thing.
I’m not saying, that proves that America is a Christian nation, or even that Jesus was an American, but many people think that, including a lot of experts. Of course, the scientists will say, “You can’t say that. You can’t say Jesus was an American, because it’s not scientifically proven and it’s not politically correct.” But it’s Christmas. And on Christmas, I think we can say we’ve had enough of what’s scientifically proven and politically correct. People have faith that they can believe in what they think is true. Very important.
So let me wish you all a Merry Christmas, which by the way no one was allowed to say until recently. You had to say “Happy Holidays,” whatever that means. But now you can. So God bless Christmas, God bless Jesus, and God bless the United States of America, so help me God. Thank you, and good night.
miguelb
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