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happy christmas， 25 years ago， my grandfather broadcast the first of these christmas messages today is another landmark， because television has made it possible for many of to see me in your homes on christmas day， my own family often gather around to watch television as they are at this moment and that is how i imagine you now， i very much hope， but this new medium will make my christmas message more personal and direct it's inevitable that i should seem a rather remote figure to many of you a successor to the kings and queens of history someone whose face may be familiar in newspapers and films， but who never rarely touches your personal lives， but now at least for a few minutes i welcome you to the peace of my own home that it's possible for some of you to see me today is just another example of the speed at which things are changing all around us because of these changes i'm not surprised that many people feel lost and unable to decide what to hold on to and what to discard how to take advantage of the new life without losing the best of the old， but it's not the new inventions which are the difficulty the trouble is caused by unthinking people who carelessly throw away ageless ideals as if they were old and outworn machinery they would have religion thrown aside morality and personal and public life made meaningless honestly counted as foolishness and self interest set up in place of self restraint at this critical moment in our history we will certainly lose the trust and respect of the world if we just abandon those fundamental principles， which guided the men and women who built the greatness of this country and commonwealth today， we need a special kind of courage not the kind needed in battle， but a kind which makes us stand up for everything that we know is right everything that is true and honest we need the kind of courage that would stand the subtle corruption of the cynics， so that we can show the world that we are not afraid of the future it has always been easy to hate and destroy to build and to cherish is much more difficult that's why we can take a pride in the new commonwealth， we are building this year ghana and malaya joined our brotherhood both these countries are entirely self governing both achieve， their new status amicably and peacefully this advance is a wonderful tribute to the efforts of men of goodwill who have worked together as friends and i welcome these two countries with all my heart last october， i opened the new canadian parliament and as you know this was the first time that any sovereign had done so in ottoa， once again i was overwhelmed by the loyalty and enthusiasm of my canadian people also during 1957， my husband and i paid visits to portugal， france， denmark and the united states of america in each case， the arrangements and formalities were managed with great skill， but no one could have managed the welcome we received from the people in each country i was welcomed as head of the commonwealth and as your representative these nations are our friends largely because we've always tried to do our best to be honest and kindly and because we have tried to stand up for what we believe to be right in the old days， the monarch led his sodas on the battlefield and his leadership at all times was close and personal today things are very different i cannot lead you into battle i do not give you laws or minister justice， but i can do something else i can give you my heart and my devotion to these old islands and all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations i believe in our qualities and in our strength i believe that together we can set an example to the world which will encourage upright people everywhere i would like to read you a few lines from pilgrim's progress because i'm sure we can say with mr valiant for truth these words though with great difficulty i am god hither yet now i do not repent me of all the trouble i have been at to arrive where i am my sword i give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage and my carriage and skill to him that can get it my marks and scars i carry with me to be a witness for me， but i have fought his battles who now will be my rewarder i hope that 1958 may bring you god's blessing and all the things you long for and so i wish you all young and old wherever you may be all the fun and enjoyment and the peace of a very happy christmas。

although it's a time of great happiness and good chair for many christmas can be hard for those who have lost loved ones this year especially， i understand why but for me in the months since the death of my beloved philip， i have drawn great comfort from the warmth and affection of the many tributes to his life and work from around the country， the commonwealth and the world his sense of service， intellectual curiosity and capacity to squeeze fun out of any situation were all irrepressible that mischievous inquiring twinkle was as bright at the end as when i first said eyes on him but life of course consists of final partings as well as first meetings and as much as i and my family miss him， i know he would want us to enjoy christmas， we felt his presence as we like millions around the world readied ourselves for christmas， while kovid again means we can't celebrate quite as we may have wished we can still enjoy the many happy traditions be at the singing of carols as long as the tune is well known decorating the tree giving and receiving presence or watching a favorite film where we already know the ending it's no surprise that family so often treasure their christmas root means we see our own children and their families embrace the roles traditions and values that means so much to us as these are passed from one generation to the next sometimes being updated for changing times i see it in my own family and it is a source of great happiness and for me and my family even with one familiar laugh missing this year the will be joy in christmas as we have the chance to reminisce and see anew the wonder of the festive season through the eyes of our young children of whom we were delighted to welcome formal this year they teach us all a lesson just as the christmas story does that in the birth of a child there is a new dawn with endless potential as the carol says the hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee to night， i wish you all a very happy christmas。