New Era

December 1990

Volume 20, Number 12

Contents

• Feedback
  Letters to the editor.

• The Message: The Truth about Christmas
  Elder Rex D. Pinegar
  The real gift was not the bicycle but a family’s loving sacrifice.

• Mormonad: Give of Yourself

• Holiday on the Bus
  Tracine Hales Parkinson
  Two young girls bring the Christmas spirit to a whole busload of travelers.

• In Tune: A Gift of Love

  Jenny W. Francis

• I Was a Teenage Grinch
  Patricia R. Roper
  For me, the holiday was humbug until the home teachers showed up.

• Mormonisms

• Q&A: Questions and Answers
  I get nervous when I try to talk to members of the opposite sex. What can I do to be more at ease?

• The Promise
  Larry A. Hiller
  An invitation to focus on the Savior through word and song.

• Someone to Look Up To
  Janet Thomas
  Shawn Bradley stands seven-foot-six. His spirit may stand even taller.

• Fiction: Father Christmas
  Kaye Barrett
  Dad made Scrooge look like a cream puff. Then the miracle happened.

• Christmas Down Under
  Margaret Wilding
  In Australia and New Zealand, the white at Christmas is beach sand, not snow.

• FYI: For Your Information

• The 1990 New Era Index

• Photo of the Month
  John Luke

• Poetry: His Father’s Eyes
  Christy Riches Hinkson