I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas. I pray that wherever you are, or whatever condition you find yourself in, that the spirit of this holiday will touch you in the same way it has touched me and my family. I would like to share with you a thought from President Hinckley in a talk where he described some of the things that Christmas meant to him.
"Christmas means the Christ child, the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes lying in a manger while angels sang and wise men traveled far to bring gifts. It is a beautiful and timeless story, and I hope each of us will read it again this season.
"(Yet) here is something more than a babe in a manger; here is the Creator of all that is good and beautiful. I have looked at majestic mountains rising high against the blue sky and thought of Jesus, the Creator of heaven and earth. I have stood on the sand of an island in the Pacific and watched the dawn rise like thunder — a ball of gold surrounded by clouds of pink and white and purple — and thought of Jesus, the Word by whom all things were made and without whom was not anything made that was made. I have seen a beautiful child - bright-eyed, innocent, loving and trusting — and marveled at the majesty and miracle of creation."
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