Tonight we had pizza and hot tubbing with the Manwarings up in the mountains. Christmas feels like real Christmas with these friends.
Before tucking 3 big boys in bed we watched our favorite Christmas home videos. Scotty was 1.5 years old, dressed as a shepherd in our Christmas Eve nativity - thinking he was a pirate! We watched it at least 8 times, laughing harder upon every repeat.
This Christmas we create together. We keep old friendships. We giggle together at family memories.
“This Christmas, mend a quarrel.
Seek out a forgotten friend.
Dismiss suspicion and replace it with trust.
Write a letter.
Give a soft answer.
Encourage youth.
Manifest your loyalty in word and deed.
Keep a promise.
Forgo a grudge.
Forgive an enemy.
Apologize.
Try to understand.
Examine your demands on others.
Think first of someone else.
Be kind.
Be gentle.
Laugh a little more.
Express your gratitude.
Welcome a stranger.
Gladden the heart of a child.
Take pleasure in the beauty and wonder of the earth.
Speak your love and then speak it again.”
- Howard W. Hunter, from his final address at the Christmas Devotional in 1994
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