People, Jan. 7, 1974

For the second time in three Christmases, Canada's Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau received the same present from his wife Margaret; a son. On Christmas Day 1971 Justin Pierre was born. This Christmas Day Alexandre Emmanuel arrived. Two days after taking Justin to the hospital in Ottawa to see his brother, Trudeau announced the name of his newborn son. He said he had selected Emmanuel (Hebrew for God with us), while his wife had chosen Alexandre, "after the saint, the Czar or the PopeĀ—take the one you want," joked Trudeau, adding that the...

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