【正文】 of the human spirit after tragedystruck in a Welsh mining munity, and how munities can work together to support past year has also seen some memorable and historic visits – to Ireland and from spirit of friendship so evident in both these nations can fill us all with thatyears ago were once so strained have through sorrow and forgiveness blossomed into long is through this lens of history that we should view the conflicts of today, and so giveus hope for course, family does not necessarily mean blood relatives but often a description of amunity, organisation or Commonwealth is a family of 53 nations, all with amon bond, shared beliefs, mutual values and is this which makes the Commonwealth a family of people in the truest sense, at ease with eachother, enjoying its shared history and ready and willing to support its members in the direst have always looked to the future, with a sense of camaraderie, warmth andmutual respect while still maintaining their importance of family has, of course, e home to Prince Philip and me personally this yearwith the marriages of two of our grandchildren, each in their own way a celebration of the Godgiven love that binds a family many this Christmas will not be our armed forces deployed around the world,thousands of service families face Christmas without their loved ones at bereaved andthe lonely will find it especially , as we all know, the world is going through difficult this will affect our celebration of this great Christian hope in adversity is one of the themes of was born into a world full of angels came to frightened shepherds with hope in their voices: ‘Fear not’, they urged, ‘webring you tidings of great joy, which shall be to all unto you is born this day in the Cityof David a Saviour who is Christ the Lord.’Although we are capable of great acts of kindness, history teaches us that we sometimes needsaving from ourselves – from our recklessness or our sent into the world a uniqueperson – neither a philosopher nor a general(important though they are)– but a Saviour, with thepower to lies at the heart of the Christian can heal broken families, it can restorefriendships and it can reconcile divided is in forgiveness that we feel the power ofGod’s the last verse of this beautiful carol, O Little Town of Bethlehem, there’s a prayer:O Holy Child of Bethlehem Descend to us we pray Cast out our sin And enter inBe born in us todayIt is my prayer that on this Christmas day we might all find room in our lives for the message of theangels and for the love of God through Christ our wish you all a very happy Christmas.第三篇：英國女王2014圣誕致辭英國女王圣誕致辭In the ruins of the old Coventry Cathedral is a sculpture of a man and a woman reaching out to embrace each sculptor was inspired by the story of a woman who crossed Europe on foot after the war to find her （Coventry Cathedral）的外面豎立著一尊雕塑，造型是一個男人和一個女人正伸手想要擁抱彼此。Casts of the same sculpture can be found in Belfast and Berlin, and it is simply called ，它的名字很簡單，叫做和解。The ceramic poppies at the Tower of London drew millions, and the only possible reaction to seeing them and walking among them was every poppy a life。每一朵罌粟象征著一個生命，讓人們想起失去至愛后的悲痛。In 1914, many people thought the war would be over by Christmas, but sadly by then the trenches were dug and the future shape of the war in Europe was ，很多人認為戰(zhàn)爭會在圣誕節(jié)結束，但遺憾的是那時戰(zhàn)壕已經挖好，歐洲戰(zhàn)場上未來的戰(zhàn)爭形態(tài)也已經確定。Without any instruction or mand, the shooting stopped and German and British soldiers met in No Man39。士兵們拍照留念并互贈禮物。Truces are not a new the ancient world a truce was declared for the duration of the Olympic Games and wars and battles were put on 。Sport has a wonderful way of bringing together people and nations, as we saw this y