“Contents,” Ensign, Dec. 1997, 1 Ensign December 1997 Volume 27 Number 12 Contents First Presidency Message: A Season for GratitudePresident Gordon B. Hinckley Major Curriculum Changes in Priesthood and Relief SocietyDon L. Searle I Remember WhenNorman Hill The Unexpected ChristmasEnid O. Ellis Putting Down Roots in UruguayNéstor Curbelo Living SinglyIrene E. Dearden “Because I Have Been Given Much”LaRene Porter Gaunt “Let Earth Receive Her King!” Joy to the World from BulgariaBeth Dayley Bangkok’s Journey to BethlehemLynne Waits Birth of the MessiahPaul Thomas Smith A Child’s View of Pioneering On the Trail in November and DecemberWilliam G. Hartley Poetry: PioneerEd D. Lauritsen Mormon JournalReverencing His Name Evelyn CandlandWho Was That Man? Sheri E. SlaughterPartaking of the Fruit Janna K. FindlayThe Crumpled Letter Chris GeilmanRoast Beef for Two Jody Marie Saunders Random Sampler The Visiting Teacher: “Always Remembering for What They Are Given” I Have a QuestionAvoiding unnecessary debt Max W. Brown Portraits News of the Church Annual Index