MERRY CHRISTMAS!

There is a lot I would like to write about today: the Bonehead Brother's Gingerbread Extravaganza, our Christmas Eve plans, crazy shopping experiences, etc.

But I'll share this message instead:

In Matthew 2, the wisemen followed the star and "they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.  And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh."

"All of us need to follow the example of the Savior in giving these kind of gifts. . . .
This Christmas,
'Mend a quarrel.
Seek out a forgotten friend.
Dismiss suspicion and replace it with trust.
Write a letter.
Give a soft answer.
Encourage youth.
Manifest your loyalty in word and deed.
Keep a promise.
Forgo a grudge.
Forgive an enemy.
Apologize.
Try to understand.
Examine your demands on others.
Think first of someone else.
Be kind.
Be gentle.
 Laugh a little more.
Express your gratitude.
Welcome a stranger.
Gladden the heart of a child.
Take pleasure in the beauty and wonder of the earth.
Speak your love and then speak it again.'



"Christmas is a celebration, and there is no celebration that compares with the realization of its true meaning---with the sudden stirring of the heart that has extended itself unselfishly in the things that matter most."
President Howard W. Hunter

Merry Christmas!