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          HELLO, GARLAND. HAPPY HOLIDAYS. I'M DISTRICT THREE COUNCIL MEMBER EDM OR. ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS DURING THIS TIME OF THE YEAR IS ALL LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM. YOU REMEMBER IT? O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM. HOW STILL WE SEE THEE LIE. ABOVE THY DEEP AND DREAMLESS SLEEP. THE SILENT NIGHTS GO BY. YET IN BY DARK STREETS SHINE IT. THE EVERLASTING LIGHT. HOPES AND FEARS OF ALL THE YEARS HAVE MET IN THE TONIGHT. DID YOU HEAR IT? MUCH LIKE THE BATTLE THAT TOOK PLACE IN BETHLEHEM SOME 2000 YEARS AGO. AS WE APPROACH ANOTHER CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR. 
          THERE IS INDEED A BATTLE TAKING PLACE IN OUR OWN LIVES TODAY, MINDS OUR OWN LIVES AND AS WELL AS THIS CITY. THE SAME CHALLENGES THAT FACE BETHLEHEM FACE US ONCE AGAIN TODAY. HOPES. 
          AND FEARS. WE HOPE FOR PEACE. WE FEAR THERE WILL BE WAR. WE HOPEFULLY JOY WE FEAR THERE WILL BE PAIN. WE HOPE FOR A BETTER WORLD. AND WE FEAR IT MAY YET BE TOO LATE. SO AS WE CONTEMPLATE PREPARING OUR RESOLUTIONS AND OUR PLANS AND GOALS FOR THE NEW YEAR BETWEEN THE PARTS OF HOPES AND FEARS. LET US NOT FORGET. THERE IS A STAND SIDE. IN THE SONG THAT SPEAKS TO THE REAL REASON FOR THE SEASON. IT STATES. YET INVITE DARK STREETS SHINE IT. THE EVER LASTING LIGHT. I PRAY THAT EVERLASTING LIFE WILL BRING PEACE ON EARTH AND GOODWILL TO ALL HUMANITY. 
          AND NO MATTER WHAT IT IS, IF YOU AND ARE FACING PRESENTLY YET AND I DARK STREETS, CHINA THE EVER LASTING LIGHT. AMERICAN ISTHMUS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. CHARLOTTE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.