A Christmas message

• “Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.” – Calvin Coolidge, 30th president of the United States
  
  Regardless of your religious or ethnic background, the spirit of giving, peace and goodwill celebrated on Christmas Day is a potent reminder. A reminder that the phrase “…on Earth, peace and goodwill towards men…” wasn’t conditioned on race, creed, color, age, nationality, orientation or any other definition.
  
  As you think about the Christmas Holiday, I would like to share and encourage the spirit of inclusion, tolerance and acceptance represented by the Christmas Spirit.
  
  As the wise man said 47 years ago:
  
  “He puzzled and puzzled till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before. Maybe Christmas, he thought... doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas, perhaps... means a little bit more!”