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

Cover: This Christmas, may you look beyond the bright lights and glitter. May you see beyond the symbols to the Savior himself. And may the beauty of his gospel warm your heart always. The New Era wishes you a joyful holiday season. Cover photography: Welden Andersen