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title: May the Peace of Christ Be with You (English poster distributed in the Philippines)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/may-the-peace-of-christ-be-with-you-english-1952/
description: A Christmas poster. A beam of light runs from a bright star and a dove with an olive branch down to a Philippine family on a bamboo porch with a baby.
section: Collection
---

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# May the Peace of Christ Be with You (English poster distributed in the Philippines)

A Christmas poster. A beam of light runs from a bright star and a dove with an olive branch down to a Philippine family on a bamboo porch with a baby, a pig and a dog, beside a thatched house with a star lantern marked 'Maligayang Pasko 1952'. A church, three men and two carabao sit in the distance. The text reads 'May the Peace of Christ be with You' and 'Greetings from the American People to the People of the Philippines'. The tell is transfer: religious imagery of peace is attached to the sender.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

Original (English / Tagalog) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
May the Peace of CHRIST be with YOU

[lantern:] MALIGAYANG PASKO 1952

Greetings from the American People to the People of the Philippines
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
'Maligayang Pasko' (Tagalog): Merry Christmas.
```

[← Caricature panel of a US soldier with workers at an exit door, Rössing photograph](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/gdr-us-soldier-caricature-panel-1952/) [中共土改真相 大陸農民厄運 (The Real Story of Red China's Land Reform: Misfortune of the Mainland Peasants), U.S. photo poster →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/real-story-red-china-land-reform-usia-poster-1952/)

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