Friend

December 1983

Volume 13, Number 11

Contents

• Stories and Features

• Christmas Greetings from the First Presidency

• Are Angels Perfect?
  Debra Huggins Baird

• A Night without Darkness (Part 2)
  Sherrie Johnson

• Our Creative Friends

• The Offering
  Ray Goldrup

• Friends in the News

• The Most Wonderful Gift
  Dave Bachmann

• The Magic Christmas Tree
  Imogene Mebane

• The Button
  Sylvia Brich Thompson

• Spices
  Era S. VanDenburg

• Joseph Knight—Friend to the Prophet
  Susan Arrington Madsen

• The Unseen Star
  Kathryn E. Franks

• The Baby Jesus

• Verse

• Good News
  Grace Richie

• Christmas Eve
  Jennifer S. Brown

• Trimming the Tree
  Arlet Osnes Vollers

• Music

• Picture a Christmas
  Pat Kelsey Graham

• Things to Make and Do

• Christmas Workshop
  Grab Bag of Scripture Stories Vivian Paulsen
  Paper-Bag Christmas
  Storage Book Julie Wardell
  Tomahawk Back Scrubber
  Hanging Pretzel Wreathe
  Racing Spools
  Tabletop Christmas Tree
  Jolly Christmas Chap Jane K. Priewe
  Christmas Scramble Karen Zeinert

• Christmas Calendar

• Holiday Treats
  Julie Wardell

• The Greatest Gift

• Sharing Time: Christmas Pictures
  Pat Graham

Cover photos by Eldon K. Linschoten