Friend

December 1979

Volume 9, Number 11

Contents

• Stories and Features

• Christmas Message from the First Presidency: Jesus Once Was a Little Child

• Maggie Valley Christmas
  Theresa A. Weitock

• Our Block Walk
  Jan Kano

• A Christmas to Share
  Johanna Goodwin

• Fire! Fire! Fire!
  Melnotte Lindstrom

• Barney Beaver’s Wonderful Christmas
  Barbara Williams

• Mistletoe
  Milo Mills

• Our Creative Friends

• Merry Christmas
  Frances B. Watts

• Frontiers of Science: A Star Is Born
  Dr. Sherwood B. Idso

• Heavenly Teachers

• Lieutenant Farrand’s Christmas Stocking
  Bill and Barbara Neelands

• A Prophecy Come True!

• Christmas Brother
  Sherrie Johnson

• Friends in the News

• Snowshoes for Billy
  Anna Mae Price

• Verse

• The Christmas Lamb
  Carol C. Sides

• Come Trim the Tree!
  Bertra Mason Kusik

• Music

• Little Jesus
  Marilyn White and Mark and Charlene Newell

• Things to Make and Do

• Night Before Christmas Puppets
  Coleen Taylor

• Christmas Activities

• Christmas Ornaments

• Christmas Recipes

• Advent Calendar Cutouts

• Christmas Advent Calendar

• Doorknob Decoration
  Evelyn Ames

• Kitchen Krafts
  Melissa and Todd Mooney

• Christmas Gifts

Cover photos by Eldon Linschoten/Wood carvings by George Lama, Bethlehem, Israel

Cover backdrop fabrics courtesy Church Historical Dept.