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
- Date
- 1952
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Department International Information and Educational Exchange Program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia series
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Truman Administration
- Leader
- Harry S. Truman
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Reassure
- Theme
- Religion
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), Record Group 306, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, c. 1950-55. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 5729963, 306-PPA-63).
Text on the object
May the Peace of CHRIST be with YOU [lantern:] MALIGAYANG PASKO 1952 Greetings from the American People to the People of the Philippines
'Maligayang Pasko' (Tagalog): Merry Christmas.
