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when they can cast away their mutual doubts and really do something for one another.
The Jews, who regard Jesus as only a prophet, have their own festival this time of year. It is called Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights. It lasts eight days. On each day they light another candle, give another gift.
The other day a Jewish frientf of mine, whose children go to a public school and love the festival of Christmas, told me the plight of his young daughter.
She came to her father and said:
“Daddy, I was chosen to be an angel in our Christmas play, but do I have the right to play it?’’
And her father, knowing her problem, said:
“Honey, be their angel.”
I think that is Christmas —and America.
The column, which dates back to 1961, was written by the late Hal Boyle, a columnist for the Associated Press.
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