My Relatives Used To Laugh When I

I Have Been Constantly Betrayed And Deceived All My Life.

You See, When A Nation Threatens Another Nation The People Of The Latter Forget Their Factionalism, Their Local Antagonisms, Their Political Differences, Their Suspicions Of Each Other, Their Religious Hostilities, And Band Together As One Unit. Leaders Know That, And That Is Why So Many Of Them Whip Up Wars During Periods Of National Crisis, Or When The People Become Discontented And Angry. This Is The Explanation Of All Wars, All Racial And Religious Hatreds, All Massacres, And All Attempts At Genocide.

My Relatives Used To Laugh When I Talked Of Being A Writer.

I Am Not Alone At All, I Thought. I Was Never Alone At All. And That, Of Course, Is The Message Of Christmas. We Are Never Alone. Not When The Night Is Darkest, The Wind Coldest, The World Seemingly Most Indifferent. For This Is Still The Time God Chooses.

Even The Most Malignant Gods Would Not Continue To Inflict Life Upon Humanity, Time Without End.