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San francisco, that dress, donna will make santa claus stay up all night. Any way, i want to welcome everybody again to city hall, and to view our wonderful, wonderful tree of hope. It is something that i enjoy every year that it has been here and i tell you when it was announced that this was the tallest, largest tree of hope in the United States, if not in the world, i also wanted to say my very first thought was San Francisco has always the biggest hearts in the world, thanks to all of you. T...

I can tell by the smile youve been good, huh . Merry christmas there you go. And that theres somebody who cares. Its hard being away from home, for as long as ive been away from home, but its you know, weve got a lot done. Im so happy to see you guys. Here we go. Here we go. Okay. Perfect. Hi, dorothy. Hi. I have some christmas cookies for you. Well, thank you very much. Youre welcome. So thighs. So so nice. So lets see what we can do today. Okay, that looks good. There you go. And, does any of ...

Talents bring to life what makes this time of year so special. We begin with ryan who met with some of the citys finest. He shows us how they traded their uniforms for santa suits and gave new meaning to protect and serve. We brought together different kids from various backgrounds and try to share a christmas with them. Whats that behind you, guy . Being able to walk through the neighborhood as we do every day and see the homeless, see the drugs and the alcohol. I wanted to show them that, yeah...

Special. We begin in the tenderloin district where we met some of the finest. They traded the uniforms for santa suits and gave new meaning to protect and serve. We brought together different kids from various backgrounds and try to share we brought together kids from different backgrounds, to walk through the neighborhood and see the homeless and see the drugs and alcohol. I wanted to show them that you live in the tenderloin, you are in plight conditions, but theres light at the end of the tun...

With our snow day, december 15th and 16th, you are all welcome to come and bring the kids and all of the extended families. And if i may say again, these holidays and what the tree represent is the best hope and wishes. The holidays should never be about ourselves. What reminds us and what this tree will continue doing, is that you have to remember others that are less fortunate, and share our hearts and our minds and our resources with them. And it is just like japan, for what they have done. I...

General inamata welcoming him and the symbol of his country and knowing the origins of the origami and knowing that we have his blessing and his countrys blessing, and working with us to make the world better. And create more peace to create tolerance and acceptance for everyone and that this will always improve the quality of life for everyone on this planet. And so, it is with that, that i welcome mr. Inamata and the Council General of japan here to say a few words before we exchange our bless...

Than this symbol. We will see the wishes, that this tree represents for all of us. And that will make this world, with our own decisions, with our own hands, more acceptance, more tolerance, as we wait with great anxiousness on our u. S. Supreme court to exhibit their tolerance in our United States for the samesex marriage that we all deserve. [ applause ] i also wanted to again, acknowledge that this is the season of giving, and hope that you will join us from now to the end of january, and a d...

I will be reading wishes tonight and alternate. The first is from sisters in gramic of the sisters of loreto my wish is that we achieve Marriage Equality in every state and we resend doma on the federal level to achieve full quality for lesbian and gay relationships across the land. I wish that the bees were not dying from. That is a good one. My hope is for improved Economic Conditions for my countrys most Vulnerable People that we create healthy environments and green spaces and by country men...

And if i may say again, these holidays and what the tree represent is the best hope and wishes. The holidays should never be about ourselves. What reminds us and what this tree will continue doing, is that you have to remember others that are less fortunate, and share our hearts and our minds and our resources with them. And it is just like japan, for what they have done. If you read the papers recently, you know, that japan suffered a very harsh earthquake and tsunami a while back. And they cou...

And as we raise our communitys consciousness, we fund and we raise funds to support relief efforts all around the world. Our projects focus on, education, hunger, safe drinking water, and disaster relief, and all kinds of different ways of helping people. We have ongoing projects in cambodia, haiti, and south africa and helping out in areas just as the tsunami in South East Asia and the earthquake and tsunami in japan and last year, and during Hurricane Katrina we tributed one mill object pounds...