2004

December 2004

  • Contents

  • Contents

  • Friends by Mail

    • Prayer in the Woods

    • The Friend Is My Friend

    • I Was Forgiven

  • A Wonderful Time of Year

  • A Cabbage for Christmas

    Trisa Martin

  • The Nativity

    Rebecca Todd Archibald

  • Friend to Friend: A Beautiful World

    Callie Buys and Mervyn B. Arnold

  • This Is Christmas!

    Linda G. Paulsen

  • They Spoke to Us

  • Jesus Grew Up in a Righteous Family

  • Christmas in the Americas: A Christmas Program

    Patricia Reece Roper

  • Christmas Workshop

  • Christmas on Temple Square

    Kimberly Webb

  • Funstuf

    • Christmas Music Quiz

      Cynthia Rakes Bowden

  • A Tree for Nana

    Callie Buys

  • Special Witness: Keep the Commandments

    Robert D. Hales

  • Sharing Time: Christmas Gifts All Year

    Sheila E. Wilson

  • Trying to Be Like Jesus

    • A Letter to Santa

      Bonnie Gibbons

    • I Will Strengthen My Family

      James Zippi

    • A Lesson from My Brother

      Cole Johnson

  • From the Life of President Heber J. Grant

    • Charitable Businessman

  • For Little Friends

    • The Nativity Set

      Jane McBride Choate

    • Gift Tags and Ornaments

      Virginia L. Terrell

    • The Christmas Story

      Julie Wardell

  • Guide to the Friend

The Nativity
December 2004


“The Nativity,” Friend, Dec. 2004, 7

The Nativity

By Rebecca Todd Archibald

On the rough Judean plains

The night was dark and still

Until a host of angels

Spoke to shepherds on a hill.

In a stable not far off,

In a manger filled with hay,

While His loving mother watched,

The little Christ child lay.

Illustrated by Mark Robison