Friend

December 1975

Volume 5, Number 12

Contents

• Stories and Features

• Joseph Smith

• Christmas Message to Children of the Church throughout the World
  First Presidency

• Father Noel Comes Early
  Eva Gregory de Pimienta

• A Christmas Tradition for Edie
  Lida Brinckmann Smith

• The “Golden Bible”
  Maureen Ursenbach Beecher

• The Gift of Pilar
  Beatrice Rogers Papa

• My Story of Christmas

• Our Creative Friends

• Twelve Days of Christmas
  Vicki H. Budge

• So Far from Home
  Lucy Parr

• Surprise Christmas
  Dorothy D. Warner

• The World’s Largest Family
  Trevor Holloway

• Friends in the News

• Sally Makes a Star
  Ettie Hunter

• The Pauper’s Gift
  Dorothy Leon

• Verse

• A Different Christmas Tree
  Cheryl Ann Gosa

• The Infant King
  A. L. T. Booth

• The Advent of the Christ Child
  A. L. T. Booth

• The Animals
  Emily Spindler

• Music

• Lullaby
  Solveig Paulson Russell, Margaret Clayton and Sheryl Martineau

• Things to Make and Do

• Soldier Tree Ornament

• Christmas Crafts

• Sugar Castle
  Mike and Pat Hoggan

• Nutcracker Advent Calendar

• Christmas Gifts

• December Calendar

• Parchment Card
  Marna Elyea Kern

Cover Photos by Kevin Merrell