Tambuli

December 1993

Volume 17, Number 12

Contents

• Features

• First Presidency Message: The Spirit of Christmas
  President Thomas S. Monson

• The Camel Had Wandered
  Janet Eyestone Buck

• Know the Shepherd
  Elder Robert E. Wells

• Silent Night
  DeAnne Walker

• Joseph Fielding Smith: A Gentle Disciple
  Leon R. Hartshorn

• The Road to Bethlehem
  D. Kelly Ogden

• Especially for Youth

• The Best Gift of All
  Jimmy Kairi

• Our Christmas Party
  Netzahualcoyotl Salinas Villazaes

• Christmas Giving

• He Lives
  Sally J. Odekirk

• Fiction: A Mighty Fine Christmas Message
  Alma J. Yates

• Departments

• Comment

• Visiting Teaching Message: Women of Covenant

• Tambulilit

• The People of Ammon

• A Christmas Message from the First Presidency to the Children of the World

• Sharing Time: Father, We Thank Thee
  Judy Edwards

• Song: The Shepherd’s Carol
  Daniel Lyman Carter

• The Church Began with a Prophet
  Sherrie Johnson

• Fiction: The Christmas Gift
  Louise Engstrom

• Christmas Crafts

On the cover: Reenacting events surrounding the birth of the Savior is a heartwarming way for family and friends to focus on the true spirit of Christmas. Illustrated by Paul Mann.

Inside back cover: The Holy Night, by Italian artist Antonio Allegri da Correggio (1494–1534).