This is
Laura; I'm George W. BUSH: Thank you very much, Mr.
In theory, with probability samples of this size, one could say with 95
percent certainty that the overall results have a sampling error of plus or
minus 3 percentage points of what they would be if the entire U.

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The Nutcracker, as you all
know, is one of the most famous holiday performances of all time. BUSH: Thank you all very, very much; that was so terrific. When asked what their favorite holiday television
special is, almost one-quarter (22%) said "It's a Wonderful Life," while 18
percent chose "Miracle on 34th Street" as their favorite. Seuss classic as their favorite
holiday special. Figures for age, sex, race, education , region and
household income were weighted where necessary to bring them into line with
their actual proportions in the population.

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Welcome.
I know that you got to see Santa earlier.)

END 11:00 A.

Table 2
PERCEPTIONS OF WHAT MOST PEOPLE THINK OF THE HOLIDAYS
"Regardless of how you personally feel, do you think most people today feel
the holiday season is a time to be with the ones they love and celebrate their
traditions or a time to receive presents and do a lot of shopping?"

Base: All Adults
Total
%
Time to be with the ones they love 61
Time to receive presents 39

Table 3
Favorite Holiday TV special
"Which of these is your favorite holiday TV special?"

Base: All Adults
Generation
Total Echo Baby
Boomers Gen X Boomers Matures
(18-27) (28-39) (40-58) (59+)

% % % % %
It's a Wonderful Life 22 14 14 29 23
Miracle on 34th
Street 18 6 8 19 30
How the Grinch Stole
Christmas 12 27 19 9 2
A Charlie Brown
Christmas 11 11 16 13 5
Rudolph the Red-Nosed
Reindeer 10 16 17 9 2
Frosty the Snowman 3 3 5 2 4
The Year Without
a Santa Claus 1 1 2 1 -
None of these 23 21 19 19 33

Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding .

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, When thinking about the upcoming
holidays, a large majority (70%) of U.
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MRS. So
I hope when you go back to your schools you'll ask your teacher to get the
Hoffman Book, The Nutcracker, and read it to you, and then listen to the music
from The Nutcracker, as well, and you'll remember each one of these characters
- - the sugarplum fairy and the nutcracker and the unicorn and all the rest of
them that are in the ballet. EOE M/F/D/V
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M.) We hope you've had some fun here. We're glad you
all are here. Thanks
everybody -- want to give them one more hand? (Applause.
Santa Claus is waiting at the door and he's going to lead you all out to
get your cookies, your White House Christmas cookies to take home, and your
art kit -- everybody is going to get an art kit, as well. Have fun. Holiday dinners and parties (7%),
searching for perfect gifts (5%), watching television specials and hearing
holiday songs (4%) and getting presents (3%) are all further down on the list
of what adults most look forward to during the holiday season. Unfortunately, there are several other possible
sources of error in all polls or surveys that are probably more serious than
theoretical calculations of sampling error.
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Thanks for
coming; we're glad you're at the White House. adults

ROCHESTER , N. adults surveyed
online by Harris Interactive(R) between November 15 and 22, 2005.com/europe ) and Asia offices, its
wholly-owned subsidiary Novatris in Paris, France (http://www.

This category lists entertaining and interesting non-commercial sites that focus primarily on secular celebrations of Christmas.

Sites especially for children should be submitted to Kids

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WASHINGTON , The following is a transcript of
remarks by President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush at Children 's Holiday
Reception:

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10:30 A. I hope
nobody pinched Rudolph on the nose.) Nobody did, that's good --
Rudolph is happy about that, too.

Table 1
WHAT PEOPLE MOST LOOK FORWARD TO DURING THE Holiday season
"Thinking of the upcoming holiday season, what is the one thing you most look
forward to?"

Base: All Adults
Generation
Total Echo Baby
Boomers Gen X Boomers Matures
(18-27) (28-39) (40-58) (59+)

% % % % %
Spending time with
family and friends 70 52 65 73 79
Holiday dinners and
parties 7 16 7 6 3
Searching for perfect
gifts for people 5 11 4 4 4
Watching television
specials and hearing
holiday songs on the
radio 4 3 4 5 4
Getting presents 3 6 6 3 -
Other 11 12 13 9 10

Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
This online sample was not a probability sample .

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MRS. And thank you to each one
of you. And you might have noticed that
Santa's elves have already been here and they've already decorated all of our
Christmas trees and help make those Christmas cookies that you've already had,
and that you're going to also be able to take home when you finish.
The American Ballet Theatre, and they were so great in The Nutcracker. (Applause .

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We want to welcome your teachers and your parents.
So one message I want to give you is we're really proud of your mom or
dad, and you tell them thanks -- thanks on behalf of a grateful nation .S.
One interesting thing to note is the older you are, the more likely you
are to say that you most look forward to spending time with friends and family
for the holidays.harrisinteractive .

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We're glad you're here. (Laughter. (Laughter.) I know it's
hard when they're away; this has got to be a difficult time for you. But we
really want you to know that they're doing important work . Three in
five (61%) adults believe most people think it is a time for loved ones and
traditions , compared to 39 percent who believe most people fall into the
commercialism of the season, thinking of presents and shopping.
It is impossible to quantify the errors that may result from these factors .

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Sampling error for the sub-
samples of Echo Boomers (246), Gen Xers (252), Baby Boomers (792) and Matures
(428) is higher and varies.

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We welcome the students from Stratford Landing Elementary School in
Alexandria, and Glen Haven Elementary School in Silver Spring. And we're so
happy that the American Ballet Theater, which is one of the premiere ballet
troops in the United States, is here to perform scenes from The Nutcraker,
right here at the White House. Thank you all so much.
Not surprisingly, there is also a generational difference with regard to
favorite holiday TV specials. Propensity score weighting was
also used to adjust for respondents' propensity to be online. (http://www.novatris.

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This is a traditional party at the
White House.S. adult
population had been polled with complete accuracy. They include refusals to be
interviewed (nonresponse), question wording and question order, and weighting.

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So have a very, very happy holiday to everybody.Y. Three in 10 (30%) Matures say "Miracle on 34th
Street" is their favorite , while a similar number of Baby Boomers (29%) choose
"It's A Wonderful Life" as their favorite.harrisinteractive .

Sites are appropriate for visitors of all ages, but geared primarily toward adult audiences.

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THE PRESIDENT: Thanks for coming. (Applause. For years, the President has invited children - - the President,
whoever it has been, has invited children to come to the White House at
Christmastime , and I'm so glad that you all are the ones that are here with us
today. For the younger generations , "How
the Grinch Stole Christmas" comes out on top with 27 percent of Echo Boomers
and 19 percent of Gen Xers citing the Dr.

Methodology
The Harris Poll(R) was conducted online within the United States between
November 15 and 22, 2005 among a nationwide cross section of 1,718 adults
(aged 18 and over).

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Remarks by President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush at Children's Holiday Reception

S. 12/05

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(Laughter. (Applause.

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They're not only
protecting the country, but they're helping other boys and girls live in
freedom like we do here in the United States, and that's important.
We'll start in just a minute, but I wanted to ask Kevin McKenzie, who's
with the American Ballet Theatre -- he's their artistic director -- to come up
and tell us about what we're going to see. adults say they most look forward to
spending time with their family and friends .
We also asked adults if they think most people feel, regardless of how
they personally feel , the holiday season is a time for loved ones and
traditions or if most think it is a time for shopping and presents. Cartoons were a
somewhat less popular choice with "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" leading the
pack at 12 percent, followed by "A Charlie Brown Christmas" (11%), "Rudolph
the Red -Nosed Reindeer" (10%), "Frosty the Snowman" (3%) and "The Year Without
a Santa Claus" (1%).S.com .

Sites that focus on the religious aspects of the holiday are listed in Society/Religion_and_Spirituality /Christianity/Calendar/Christmas.

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'It's a Wonderful Life' is the favorite holiday TV special for more than one
in five U.
An added bonus of this season is the television specials and movies
celebrating the holidays.

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I particularly want to welcome those of you here who have got a mom or dad
serving our country in the United States military.
Kevin. EST

Majority of U.S. Adults Most Look Forward to Being With Friends and Family for the Holidays According to Latest Harris Poll

These are the results of a Harris Poll of 1,718 U. Almost three-quarters (73%) of Baby Boomers and 79 percent
of Matures (those 59 and older) say spending time with friends and family is
the one thing they most look forward to for the holidays. Yet only half of
Echo Boomers (52%) and two-thirds of Gen Xers (65%) say the same thing. Twenty-three percent of all adults said none of these
holiday TV specials were their favorite.com ),
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And now I get to introduce somebody I'm grateful for, and that's the First
Lady of the United States, Laura Bush.
But one of the special treats we have today is the American Ballet Theatre
is going to dance a few parts of The Nutcracker.

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We're so thrilled that you 're here. (Applause.) You all are great,
really wonderful.harrispollonline.