On behalf of the Executive Committee of Grand Council and my wife Blossom, it is a very special pleasure for me to extend the warmest greetings and best wishes to all Mechanics during this most joyous of holiday seasons.

 

This festive occasion is celebrated in many different ways. We exchange gifts, attend church services, decorate our homes and Christmas Trees and enjoy a family dinner. But perhaps the tradition that warms the heart most is the sound of Christmas music.

Of all the songs ever sung at Christmastime, the most wonderful was the song of exaltation heard by the shepherds while tending their flocks on the night of Christ’s birth. An angel of the Lord appeared to them and said “Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. “For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior which is Christ the Lord.”

Suddenly, there was with the angel a multitude of voices praising the heavenly Father and singing, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men.”

Sometimes, in the hustle and bustle of holiday preparations, we forget that the true meaning of Christmas was given to us by the angelic host that holy night long ago. Christmas is the commemoration of the birth of the Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ, whose message would truly be one of good tidings and great joy, peace, and goodwill.

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