Seasonal messages

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I have quite enjoyed paying attention to the various short speeches given lately. Among others, we had Her Majesty The Queen telling us about how many small good acts add up to a lot, HRH The Prince of Wales advocating religious tolerance, and the Archbishop of Canterbury speaking on the importance of welcoming refugees and helping them to integrate. I find myself looking forward to future years' messages to see which themes recur and which new ones emerge. Perhaps naively, I also find myself feeling that the speakers really do care and want to encourage good, that they are not just hypocritically preaching at us commoners thinking us so ignorant as to otherwise not know good from bad.