“Contents,” Friend, Dec. 2006, 1 Friend December 2006 Volume 36 Number 12 Hidden CTR Ring As you look for the CTR ring hidden in this issue, remember the true meaning of Christmas.Clue: Help Kirsten find the ring. Contents Stories and Features IFC Friends by Mail 2 Christmas Light: A Christmas Message from the First Presidency to the Children of the World 4 Room for Three Stacie A. Heaps 8 Friend to Friend: Remembering Promises Elder Jay E. Jensen 10 Promises to Elizabeth, Part 2: Elizabeth’s Decision Sheila Kindred 14 Sharing Time: He Sent His Son Elizabeth Ricks 17 Special Witness: Guess Who? 18 Trying to Be Like Jesus 20 A Year without Gifts Sara V. Olds 23 Friends in the News 27 Matt and Mandy 28 They Spoke to Us 34 Feed My Sheep Myrna M. Hoyt 38 Our Creative Friends 40 From the Life of President Wilford Woodruff: A Hard Worker 42 It Makes Them Happy Patricia R. Jones 44 Friend Index 2006 IBC Guide to the Friend For Little Friends 30 Christmas Smiles Britney Schetselaar 32 Which Two Rocking Horses? Roberta L. Fairall 33 Old Testament Bookmarks Val Chadwick Bagley Verse 13 The Blessed Christ Child Rebecca Todd Archibald Things to Make and Do 6 Christmas Workshop 24 A Week for the Christmas Story 26 Funstuf 37 A Week for the Christmas Story Cutouts Cover photograph by Christina Smith