

McCullough also wraps into this historic account the story of two classic Christmas carols and how music so profoundly affects our souls and our day. Let us grown-ups share to the full in their unstinted pleasures before we turn again to the stern task and the formidable years that lie before us.”

Let the gifts of Father Christmas delight their play. “Let the children have their night of fun and laughter. “Almost the whole world is locked in deadly struggle….

“This is a strange Christmas Eve,” Churchill told the crowd of 20,000. Later that evening, from the balcony of the White House at the lighting of the national Christmas tree, the two leaders delivered a powerful message to an anxious crowd – a message that uplifted an entire nation during a time of great uncertainty. Just days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Churchill and Roosevelt met privately.
