“Contents,” Liahona, Dec. 2001 Liahona December 2001 Volume 25, Number 12 Contents Features Comment First Presidency Message: A Christmas with No Presents President James E. Faust Wisdom and Order Elder Neal A. Maxwell Latter-day Saint Voices: “Good Tidings” Christmas Bells through the Fog Beth Dayley Papá Noel in Perú Jonathan Plowman Twelve Days of Christmas Yasna Sánchez My Awakening to Truth Pascal Aucordier Visiting Teaching Message: Blessings of Temple Worship Teaching Our Children to Pay Tithing C. Elmer Black Jr. Walking by Faith in the Philippines Roger Terry Using the December 2001 Liahona Liahona 2001 Index Especially for Youth The Atoning Sacrifice: Latter-day Prophets Testify Poster: What Gift Will I Give Him? Questions and Answers: How Can I Keep My Thoughts Centered on Jesus Christ during My Daily Activities? Searching for the Star Lindy Taylor The Friend A Christmas Message from the First Presidency to the Children of the World: Gifts of the Savior Sharing Time: What a Joyful Day! Diane S. Nichols A Temple Square Christmas Rosalyn Collings Christmas Countdown Hilary Hendricks Christmas Crafts: Gift Box Kathy H. Stephens New Testament Stories Jesus Heals a Deaf Man Apostles’ Testimony of Christ Christmas Every Day Elder F. Enzio Busche Sharing Time Poster: The Temple—I’m Going There Someday On the cover: The Arrival, by Michael Albrechtsen. Inset: Detail from The Birth of Jesus, by Carl Heinrich Bloch, courtesy of the National Historic Museum at Frederiksborg in Hillerød, Denmark. Inside back cover: Joseph and Emma Dancing, by Douglas M. Fryer. Of Christmas in 1843, the Prophet Joseph Smith recorded, “A large party supped at my house, and spent the evening in music, dancing, &c., in a most cheerful and friendly manner” (History of the Church, 6:134).