December 10, 2010 - We need to remember the very plain scene

[pam]

"I, like you, need to remember the very plain scene, even the poverty, of a night devoid of tinsel or wrapping or goods of this world. Only when we see that sacred, unadorned child of our devotion—the Babe of Bethlehem—will we know why... the giving of gifts is so appropriate"

Jeffrey R. Holland, "Without Ribbons and Bows," New Era, Dec 1994, 4