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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
~Abigail AdamsAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14621441064340121024noreply@blogger.comBlogger181125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1787576690367139469.post-7383868489285818282020-07-22T19:08:00.003-07:002020-07-22T19:27:25.636-07:00American History Read Aloud Books for the Family<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I love American History! I hated it in school, I hated the boring, dry facts and having to memorize dates. Now that I am teaching the next generation, history has become extremely important to me. I am often reminded of the quote that those who don't know history are doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past. As I see what is going on in the world today I see evidence of a failed public school system and wonder if we are at a point of repeating past history.<br />
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My favorite way to learn history is through stories. I love to hear about the lives of past generations and the successes and failures that they were faced with. Reading stories with your kids is such a great way to learn history. I have compiled a list of fun books to read with your kids.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"When Revolutionary War Patriot Lamberton Clark is shot by British soldiers while on a mission for the Continental Army, he has only two hopes of getting the secret message he’s carrying to General George Washington: his 14-year-old twin boys John and Ambrose. Upon discovering that their father is a spy in the Culper Spy Ring, the boys accept their mission without a clue about what they may be up against. They set off from Connecticut to New Jersey to find General Washington, but the road to the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army is full of obstacles; including the man who shot their father who is hot on their trail."</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"In this second book in the American Revolutionary War Adventure series, </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Submarines, Secrets, and a Daring Rescue, </em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">twins Ambrose and John Clark find themselves volunteering for another mission to help the newly forming United States. Inspired by their success in delivering a secret message to General George Washington himself, the boys step up to help transport much-needed gunpowder to the patriots and end up in an even more dangerous situation, trying to man one of the first submarines and then, later, attempting a prison break to rescue one of their older brothers.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"As the former Colonies struggle for freedom, the American Revolution is in the hands of a brave and resourceful teenage girl. At sixteen, Susanna Bolling is like America in rebellion; she craves independence. While her brothers are off fighting for the Patriots, she longs to do more than tedious household chores and attend spinning bees in sleepy City Point, Virginia. When British General Cornwallis invades her family’s Bollingbrook Plantation, she overhears his secret plan to defeat the Patriots. Much to her shock, she finds herself at the center of the war. Now America’s fight for liberty hinges on her. But can she overcome her mother’s objections, face her own fears, and outwit the famed General and his entire Army? The TRUE story of revolutionary courage and conviction that’s sure to captivate readers of all ages."</span><br />
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The Rush Revere books are an easy and fun read. Author Rush Limbaugh combines fictional characters with historical events, making it a fun way to learn history. </div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "georgia";">In the days before microphones and TV interviews, getting people to listen to you was not an easy task. But James Madison used his quiet eloquence, intelligence and passion for unified colonies to help shape the Constitution, steer America through the turmoil of two wars, and ensure th</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "georgia";">at</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "georgia";"> our government, and nation, </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "georgia";">remained intact.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">James Madison was the 4th President of the United States and one of the founding fathers. The Great Little Madison is the story of his and his wife Dolly's life. It covers the Constitutional Convention and the creation of a new government. This is a well-written book full of historical information. It is one I highly recommend. </span></div>
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I gained such a new respect for John Adams after reading John Adams Independence Forever with my children. His family sacrificed a great deal for this country and he truly was one of the great founders of our Republic. </div>
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In the sweltering summer of 1787, 55 delegates from 13 colonies joined together in Philidelphia to create a new government. After 4 months of debate and emotional outbursts, the emerged with one of the greatest documents ever written, our Consitution. </div>
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This is an easy read full of great information that young children and adults can learn from. </div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I hope you are all staying well during this time of uncertainty. I wanted to share some of my favorite products with you. I just discovered <a href="https://butterflyexpress.shop/products/exhale-rub?_pos=1&_sid=3e635a341&_ss=r&beid=burton" target="_blank">Butterfly Express Rubs</a>. They are wonderful and so soothing. I purchased the <a href="https://butterflyexpress.shop/products/exhale-rub?_pos=1&_sid=3e635a341&_ss=r&beid=burton" target="_blank">Exhale rub</a> at the beginning of the Cornovirus scare just to have it on hand. One of my kids ended up with a cold, so instead of using Vicks Vapo Rub, I used Exhale. The first time I put it on her, she asked if I could dilute it, because of the menthol crystals, it does have a cooling effect. She did ask for it the next night though because she said it helped. It is an amazing rub to use on the chest for the common cold. While it is safe for children, please take into consideration the cooling effect. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="AllCapsBold" style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 50px 0px 5px; word-spacing: 2px;"><u><a href="https://butterflyexpress.shop/products/insideout-rub?_pos=1&_sid=22c444f5c&_ss=r&beid=burton" target="_blank"><sup>Le</sup>InsideOut Rub</a></u></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;"></span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;" /><span class="AllCapsBold" style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 50px 0px 5px; word-spacing: 2px;">Information: </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;"></span><sup style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Le</sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">InsideOut improves the function of the digestive system. It helps with upset stomach, belching, bloating, stomach cramps, heartburn, constipation, diarrhea, candida overgrowth, parasites, cr</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">ohns disease, IBS, and any other colon intestinal or digestive problem. </span><sup style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Le</sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">InsideOut should be used for any bout of intestinal flu or food poisoning and is useful for most types of nausea. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="AllCapsBold" style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 50px 0px 5px; word-spacing: 2px;">Ingredients: </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Distilled Water, Almond Oil Infused with Chamomile and Ginger, Veggie Emulsifier, Stearic Acid, Menthol Crystals, Cocoa Butter, </span><sup style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Le</sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">InsideOut Essential Oil Blend (A</span></span></div>
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<span class="AllCapsBold" style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 50px 0px 5px; word-spacing: 2px;"><u><sup><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></sup></u></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="AllCapsBold" style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 50px 0px 5px; word-spacing: 2px;"><u><a href="https://butterflyexpress.shop/products/insideout-rub?_pos=1&_sid=22c444f5c&_ss=r&beid=burton" target="_blank"><sup>Le</sup>Intensity Rub</a></u></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;"></span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;" /><span class="AllCapsBold" style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 50px 0px 5px; word-spacing: 2px;">Information: </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;"></span><sup style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Le</sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Intensity is amazing for any kind of physical pain, and for any muscle or connective tissue injury. </span><sup style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Le</sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Intensity was created with oils that are great for pain management, muscle relaxation, re-establishing good blood supply to tissues, reducing inflammation, and promoting healing. The Capsicum in this blend makes it especially beneficial for arthritis. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;" /><span class="AllCapsBold" style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 50px 0px 5px; word-spacing: 2px;">Ingredients: </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Distilled Water, LN Oil (Almond Oil Infused with Herbs: Comfrey, Arnica, St. John's Wort, Lobelia, Calendula, Angelica, Valerian, Ginger, Cayenne), Veggie Emulsifier, Stearic Acid, Menthol Crystals, Cocoa Butter, </span><sup style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Le</sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Intensity Essential Oil Blend (Camphor, Capsicum, Cinnamon Bark, Clove, Damiana, Gingergrass, Helichrysum Angustifolia, Helichrysum Italicum, Lavender, Lemongrass, Litsea Cubeba, Orange Sweet, Peppermint, Turmeric), Refined Vitamin E Oil, Sodium Lactate, Optiphen, Benzoin Essential Oil</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="AllCapsBold" style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 50px 0px 5px; word-spacing: 2px;"><u><a href="https://butterflyexpress.shop/collections/rubs/products/millenia-rub?_pos=9&_sid=3ae44bb01&_ss=r&beid=burton" target="_blank"><sup>Le</sup>Millenia Rub</a></u></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;"></span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;" /><span class="AllCapsBold" style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 50px 0px 5px; word-spacing: 2px;">Information:</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">“Chiropractor in a bottle” is a good description of this blend, it realigns physical and electrical structures, as well as balancing meridians, and energizing chakras. </span><sup style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Le</sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Millenia maintains the integrity of the connective tissues that wrap, connect, and protect every organ, and balances the moisture and fluid levels in the body. </span><sup style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Le</sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Millenia is antispasmodic, analgesic, excellent for bruising, and can be used as a diuretic, an antispasmodic, an expectorant, and a nervine. It is helpful for arthritis, sciatica, some types of headaches, and improves capillary circulation. </span><sup style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Le</sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Millenia is also excellent for ADHD and hyperactivity.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;" /><span class="AllCapsBold" style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 50px 0px 5px; word-spacing: 2px;">Ingredients: </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Distilled Water, Almond Oil Infused with Comfrey, Veggie Emulsifier, Stearic Acid, Menthol Crystals, Cocoa Butter, </span><sup style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Le</sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Millenia Essential Oil Blend (blue Tansy, Chamomile German, Elemi, Fir, Frankincense, Geranium, Lavender, Rosewood, Spruce,) Refined Vitamin E Oil, Sodium Lactate, Optiphen, Benzoin Essential Oil</span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;"></span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;" /><span class="AllCapsBold" style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 50px 0px 5px; word-spacing: 2px;"><u><sup></sup></u></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="AllCapsBold" style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 50px 0px 5px; word-spacing: 2px;"><u><a href="https://butterflyexpress.shop/collections/rubs/products/paine-rub?_pos=1&_sid=e0328fd02&_ss=r&beid=burton" target="_blank"><sup>Le</sup>Paine Rub</a></u></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;"></span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;" /><span class="AllCapsBold" style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 50px 0px 5px; word-spacing: 2px;">Information: </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;"></span><sup style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Le</sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Paine is much more than a pain reliever, although it is strongly analgesic. </span><sup style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Le</sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Paine promotes quicker healing by bringing oxygen to the injured area and increasing circulation. </span><sup style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Le</sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Paine is anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, and calming to nerves. This essential oil blend can be used for sciatica, bone pain, arthritis, sports injuries, muscle spasms, torn ligaments, headaches, osteoporosis, bone spurs, bursitis, back pain, and bruising. </span><sup style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Le</sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Paine contains essential oils that make it useful as a muscle relaxant and as a respiratory oil.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;" /><span class="AllCapsBold" style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 50px 0px 5px; word-spacing: 2px;">Ingredients:</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Distilled Water, LN Carrier Oil (Almond Oil Infused with Herbs: Comfrey, Arnica, St. John's Wort, Lobelia, Calendula, Angelica, Valerian, Ginger, Cayenne), Veggie Emulsifier, Stearic Acid, Menthol Crystals, Cocoa Butter, </span><sup style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Le</sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Paine Essential Oil Blend (Birch, Clove, Copaiba Balsam, Eucalyptus, Helichrysum, Peppermint Essential Oils), Refined Vitamin E Oil, Sodium Lactate, Optiphen, Benzoin Essential Oil</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="AllCapsBold" style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 50px 0px 5px; word-spacing: 2px;"><u><a href="https://butterflyexpress.shop/collections/rubs/products/patches-rub?_pos=1&_sid=252939999&_ss=r&beid=burton" target="_blank"><sup>Le</sup>Patches Rub</a></u></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;"></span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;" /><span class="AllCapsBold" style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 50px 0px 5px; word-spacing: 2px;">Information: </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;"></span><sup style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Le</sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Patches was designed for the repair and healing of damaged tissues, tendons, and ligaments. </span><sup style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Le</sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Patches is strongly anti-inflammatory, making it effective in restoring motion to inflamed and swollen joints. </span><sup style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Le</sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Patches promotes quicker and more complete healing by inducing oxygen and blood flow to the injured tissue. </span><sup style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Le</sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Patches should be used for sports and other injuries, muscle spasms, torn ligaments and tendons, tight muscles, bruises, bursitis, and headaches. </span><sup style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Le</sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Patches is an excellent oil for improving and restoring circulation.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;" /><span class="AllCapsBold" style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 50px 0px 5px; word-spacing: 2px;">Ingredients: </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Distilled Water, LN Carrier Oil (Almond Oil Infused with Herbs: Comfrey, Arnica, St. John's Wort, Lobelia, Calendula, Angelica, Valerian, Ginger, Cayenne), Veggie Emulsifier, Stearic Acid, Menthol Crystals, Cocoa Butter, </span><sup style="background-color: white; 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Here is a little bit on each of them.</u></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;" /><span class="AllCapsBold" style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 50px 0px 5px; word-spacing: 2px;">Menthol Crystals</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;"> (In all rubs) Menthol crystals are used for their analgesic and cooling effects. They contain a local anesthetic, antipruritic, analgesic, antispasmodic and anti-irritant qualities. They are used for pain relief and for things like sprains, sore or pulled muscles, muscle spasms and cramping, and minor aches and pains of any sort.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;" /><span class="AllCapsBold" style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 50px 0px 5px; word-spacing: 2px;">LN Carrier Oil</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;"> (In </span><sup style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Le</sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Deeper, </span><sup style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Le</sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Intensity, </span><sup style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Le</sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Paine, </span><sup style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Le</sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Patches, and </span><sup style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Le</sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">TendaCare Rubs) LN Carrier Oil contains the herbs comfrey, arnica, St. John's wort, lobelia, calendula, angelica root, valerian root, ginger root, and cayenne. These herbs, infused in almond oil, create a carrier oil which is amazing for injuries, bruising, inflammation, and the general pain and soreness that accompany injuries. The addition of lobelia in this infusion helps to deliver the other healing herbs to the area of concern quickly and relieves pain. The arnica works on sore, tight muscles and helps to reduce swelling of injured areas. Arnicas is not usually recommended for use on open wounds but in the small percentage that exists here, we have never had any problem over the course of many years. Comfrey is probably best known for its healing ability for bones and tissues, but it is also very helpful for chest congestion. Cayenne works on the blood and is very effective at improving overall circulation. With increased circulation comes better oxygenation and healing. LN oil is especially effective when coupling it with essential oils such as </span><sup style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Le</sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Paine, </span><sup style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Le</sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Deeper, </span><sup style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Le</sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Patches,</span><sup style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Le</sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">TendaCare and </span><sup style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Le</sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">WarmDown.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;" /><span class="AllCapsBold" style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 50px 0px 5px; word-spacing: 2px;">Mullein Oil</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;"> (In </span><sup style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Le</sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Breezey and </span><sup style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Le</sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Exhale Rubs) Mullein is anti-inflammatory and soothing. It is one of the best demulcent (healing and soothing) herbs there are, and also has astringent properties (drying to tissues) making it beneficial for ailments such as pneumonia. Mullein has been used for centuries because of its outstanding medicinal properties and has a particular affinity for the respiratory organs. Mullein also has anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, and anti-spasmodic properties, thus increasing its value in respiratory ailments. Mullein oil should be used when applying oils to the chest for infections, coughs, and congestion. It can also be of benefit as a carrier oil when working with inflammation and pain.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;" /><span class="AllCapsBold" style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 50px 0px 5px; word-spacing: 2px;">Chamomile/Ginger Oil</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;"> (In </span><sup style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Le</sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">InsideOut Rub) Chamomile is excellent for ulcers, indigestion, and relief from nausea and morning sickness. It has a strong anti-histaminic effect, is a gentle liver cleanser, regulates peristalsis activity, and is used to treat diarrhea and constipation. Ginger is a well-known remedy for travel sickness, nausea, indigestion, colic, irritable bowel, loss of appetite, chills, flu, dyspepsia (bloating, heartburn, and flatulence), indigestion and gastrointestinal problems such as gas and stomach cramps. It is a powerful anti-inflammatory herb as well as anti-viral. Ginger acts on and strengthens the stomach, spleen, liver, bladder, and kidneys. It reduces pain, stimulates circulation, and prevents ulcer formation in the stomach.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;" /><span class="AllCapsBold" style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 50px 0px 5px; word-spacing: 2px;">Comfrey Oil</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;"> (In </span><sup style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Le</sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; word-spacing: 2px;">Millenia Rub) Comfrey, often called knitbone, is high in vitamin C, E, A, and B vitamins, Calcium, Manganese, and Iron among others. It is a priceless herb for things like arthritis, osteoporosis, broken or fractured bones, sprains, wounds, bruises, and degenerating bones. Comfrey has been one of the most important first aid remedies known to men for centuries. It has been used in the healing of wounds and broken and fractured bones and also relieves pain and inflammation. Dr. Shook, a great herbalist, said “It does not seem to matter much which part of the body is broken or torn, either externally or internally, comfrey will heal it quickly. It is a great cell proliferant (stimulator of new cell growth); it grows new flesh and bone alike, soothing and healing the inflamed tissues in a most remarkable manner.”</span></span></div>
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Are you looking for a great read-aloud for your family? Check out <a href="https://amzn.to/2y9fz3J" target="_blank">Susanna's Midnight Ride</a>. It is based on a true story that takes place during the Revolutionary War. <br />
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We have all heard of the ride Paul Revere took, but have you heard of Susanna Bolling? <br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">At sixteen, Susanna Bolling is like America in rebellion; she craves independence. While her brothers are off fighting for the Patriots, she longs to do more than tedious household chores and attend spinning bees in sleepy City Point, Virginia.</span><span style="background-color: white;">When British General Cornwallis invades her family’s Bollingbrook Plantation, she overhears his secret plan to defeat the Patriots. Much to her shock, she finds herself at the center of the war. Now America’s fight for liberty hinges on her. But can she overcome her mother’s objections, face her own fears, and outwit the famed General and his entire Army? </span><span style="background-color: white;">The TRUE story of revolutionary courage and conviction that’s sure to captivate readers of all ages."</span></span></blockquote>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2y9fz3J" target="_blank">Susanna's Midnight Ride</a> is a well crafted historical novel based on a little known event that changed the outcome of the war. The author describes the time period with rich vocabulary and details of historical events. Susanna's story brings to life the sacrifices many families made during the Revolutionary War and it also highlights one of histories patriots in petticoats. We get a glimpse of how the women left behind had to face death, destruction, and invasions. My family enjoyed reading this book together and I loved that my kids were learning more about the Revolutionary War through a memorable story of a brave young woman.<br />
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<br />Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03910542666063311797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1787576690367139469.post-29684765076596154882020-04-05T00:00:00.000-07:002020-04-04T13:24:09.703-07:00Easter, A Celebration of Christ!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Spring is on its way, at least I thought it was until it started snowing and looks like we are having a second winter. Luckily it is warm enough that the snow doesn't last long. I love everything about springtime, the robins singing, blossoms and tulips poking their heads out of the ground and nature waking up to share its beauty with us. Along with spring comes Easter time, the Christian celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. <br />
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After His death, the body of Jesus was placed in a sepulcher. Three days later His spirit was reunited with His physical body. Our Savior Jesus Christ was resurrected with a gloried body of bone and flesh, never to be separated from His spirit again. He lives today! Because of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, all mankind will be resurrected, their bodies and spirits will be reunited again. What a wonderful gift that our Heavenly Father and Savior have given us. Paul taught of the resurrection in Corinthians:<br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0.00784314); color: #333333; font-family: "open sans" , sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.6px;"> “But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first fruits of them that slept. … For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive” (</span><a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/1-cor/15.20%2C22?lang=eng#19" style="background: 0px 0px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #0091bc; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1 Corinthians 15:20, 22</a><span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0.00784314); color: #333333; font-family: "open sans" , sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.6px;">; see also </span><a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/11.42-45?lang=eng#41" style="background: 0px 0px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #0091bc; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Alma 11:42-45</a><span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0.00784314); color: #333333; font-family: "open sans" , sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.6px;">).</span></blockquote>
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Easter is one of the holidays that has been overtaken by commercialism. Do we really pay attention to what we are celebrating, or is it just about Easter egg hunts, chocolate, and bunnies? It is so easy to get caught up in the world's idea of Easter and to forget about our Savior. The Easter baskets are fun and cute and kids get excited to see what the Easter bunny left for them. For some, it's like another Christmas. The stores sell giant, prefilled baskets stuffed full of all kinds of toys, candy of every kind and all kinds of Easter themed trinkets. Sometimes it's hard not to fall into the commercial side of Easter, after all, I want my children to be happy. <br />
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We don't celebrate the Easter Bunny at our house. My kids know that he is just a made up person and that I am the one that fills their baskets. I don't go overboard on baskets because it drives me crazy that Easter is so commercialized. Easter is a great time for my kids to get new church clothes or a new summer outfit depending on what they need the most. In addition to an outfit, their baskets might contain a few treats, a coloring book, and sidewalk chalk. We do join in on the Easter egg hunts and occasionally die eggs. If you are interested in knowing where the Easter bunny came from: <a href="http://www.surfnetkids.com/easter/bunny/where-did-the-easter-bunny-come-from/" target="_blank">Where did the Easter Bunny Come from?</a><br />
<a href="http://www.ehow.com/facts_5192131_did-easter-baskets-come-from_.html" target="_blank">Where did Easter Baskets come from?</a><br />
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My reason for this post is to provide you with ideas for a more Christ Centered Easter Celebration. I hope you will find something useful here. Please feel free to share your ideas below. I love to hear from readers.<br />
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<a href="http://www.messestomemories.com/2015/03/christ-centered-easter-egg-hunt.html" target="_blank">Christ-Centered Easter Egg Hunt</a></div>
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My kids love a good Easter Egg hunt. Grandma usually puts one on for them so it is something exciting to look forward to. I also do an Easter Egg hunt, but it is <a href="http://www.messestomemories.com/2015/03/christ-centered-easter-egg-hunt.html" target="_blank">Christ-centered.</a> Each egg is filled with something to remind them of the life of Christ. </div>
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This version from <a href="http://www.messestomemories.com/2015/03/christ-centered-easter-egg-hunt.html" target="_blank">Messes to Memories</a> provides cute, colorful printouts with reference scriptures.</div>
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This version from <a href="http://churchhousecollection.blogspot.com/2011/03/resurrection-eggs-craft.html" target="_blank">Church House Collection</a> has free printables to put in the eggs, so you don't have to worry about collecting anything.</div>
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I love this idea of an<a href="http://www.wildnprecious.com/2011/04/our-easter-walk.html" target="_blank"> Easter Walk</a>. What fun to have a treasure hunt to look for things to remind us of our Saviors resurrection.<br />
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There are so many Christ-centered activities to choose from. I hope that as Easter approaches you will take the time to reflect on our Savior and share His love with those around you. If you are looking for Bible videos to share look <a href="https://www.lds.org/bible-videos/?lang=eng" target="_blank">here.</a> These scenes from the New Testament depict the life of Jesus Christ so beautifully. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large; margin: 0px;">T<span style="font-size: 18px;">he following is from Irene Ken, a physician, whose daughter is an Asst. Prof in infectious diseases at Johns Hopkins University, quite informative.</span></span></div>
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">The virus is not a living organism, but a protein molecule (DNA) covered by a protective layer of lipid (fat), which, when absorbed by the cells of the ocular, nasal or buccal mucosa, changes their genetic code. (mutation) and convert them into aggressors and multiplier cells.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Since the virus is not a living organism but a protein molecule, it is not killed but decays on its own. The disintegration time depends on the temperature, humidity and type of material where it lies.<a name='more'></a></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">The virus is very fragile; the only thing that protects it is a thin outer layer of fat. That is why any soap or detergent is the best remedy because the foam CUTS the FAT (that is why you have to rub so much: for 20 seconds or more, to make a lot of foam). </span><span style="font-size: 18px;">By dissolving the fat layer, the protein molecule disperses and breaks down on its own.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">HEAT melts fat; this is why it is so good to use water above 25 degrees Celsius for washing hands, clothes and everything. In addition, hot water makes more foam and that makes it even more useful.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Alcohol or any mixture with alcohol over 65% DISSOLVES ANY FAT, especially the external lipid layer of the virus.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Any mix with 1-part bleach and 5 parts water directly dissolves the protein, breaks it down from the inside.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Oxygenated water helps long after soap, alcohol, and chlorine because <u>peroxide </u>dissolves the virus protein, but you have to use it pure and it hurts your skin.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">NO BACTERICIDE OR ANTIBIOTIC SERVES. The virus is not a living organism like bacteria; antibodies cannot kill what is not alive.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">NEVER shake used or unused clothing, sheets or cloth. While it is glued to a porous surface, it is very inert and disintegrates only</span></li>
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">UV LIGHT on any object that may contain it breaks down the virus protein. For example, to disinfect and reuse a mask is perfect. Be careful, it also breaks down collagen (which is protein) in the skin.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">The virus CANNOT go through healthy skin.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Vinegar is NOT useful because it does not break down the protective layer of fat.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">NO SPIRITS, NOR VODKA, serve. The strongest vodka is 40% alcohol, and you need 65%.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">LISTERINE IF IT SERVES! It is 65% alcohol.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">The more confined the space, the more concentration of the virus there can be. The more open or naturally ventilated, the less.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">You have to wash your hands before and after touching mucosa, food, locks, knobs, switches, remote control, cell phone, watches, computers, desks, TV, etc. And when using the bathroom.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">You have to HUMIDIFY HANDS DRY from so much washing them because the molecules can hide in the micro cracks. The thicker the moisturizer, the better.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;">Unable to find Clorox wipes in the stores? Me too! Hydrogen Peroxide is a great alternative. I purchased a spray bottle about the same size as the peroxide bottle so that I could use the spray nozzle on top of the peroxide bottle. You will want to keep the peroxide inside the dark bottle it comes in as exposure to the sun reduces its effectiveness. </span><br />
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7 Years ago I made the choice to pull my children out of public school. It has been one of the best decisions I have made for them and for our family. I had time to pray about and research my decision and was able to have 100% control over what my children are learning. I had the choice to pull my children out, many of you had that choice made for you.<br />
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Parents all across the country are faced with something they never thought they would be faced with...Overnight they have become principals, detention centers, and math teachers. Schools everywhere are closed due to COVID-19, parents across the country have just become teachers aids as they assist teachers in overseeing their child's education.<br />
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I feel your panic, I have been there and I have spent more than one day hiding in my room, wishing I had chocolate to drown my frustrations with. </div>
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Right now it may not feel like it, but you have just been handed a wonderful opportunity. When the world has gone crazy, you can be there to soothe the fears of your children. It will take time to adjust to being home with each other all day. I know it took my kids time to adjust, they were not friends and didn't know how to get along. They were used to spending the majority of their day outside of the home. I learned that when the fighting started, it was time to change the scene. When the close encounters seem too much, go outside, take a nature walk, go on a hike. Fresh air and sunshine go a long way in soothing the soul. If you can't go on a walk because of stay in restrictions, find another way to change things up like play a game, bake a treat, watch a documentary together or learn something new like how to watercolor. </div>
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<b>Let them sleep in,</b> within reason of course. I am not saying let them sleep the day away. I have one that could do that. It is important that you and your children get the recommended amount of sleep to help ensure the health of your family. Sleep also helps to reduce anxiety so don't fret if you don't start your school day at the same time as the public school did. You've got all day to get it all done.<br />
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This is a great time to gather your loved ones close and read uplifting literature to them. Reading is a great way to teach character without lecturing. So many lessons can be learned from reading great literature and discussing the truths found within. Some great books to start with are <a href="https://amzn.to/2vIKcM5" target="_blank">Pollyanna,</a> <a href="https://amzn.to/2UvLG4z" target="_blank">Pollyanna Grows Up, </a> <a href="https://amzn.to/2xnQvF5" target="_blank">The Little Britches Series, </a> <a href="https://amzn.to/3ae0onp" target="_blank">Heidi,</a> <a href="https://amzn.to/3dpEShu" target="_blank">Treasures of the Snow, </a>Dr. Suess Books, <a href="https://amzn.to/2Wyur5r" target="_blank">The Chronicles of Narnia, </a><a href="https://amzn.to/2wvQDm2" target="_blank">Red Scarf Girl, </a> <a href="https://amzn.to/2QDAx0A" target="_blank">Number the Stars, and </a><a href="https://amzn.to/39cKR67" target="_blank">Just David</a>. You can find a lot of the older classics on Kindle or Librivox for free.<br />
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It can be a battle to get all the school work done that teachers have sent home for your child. Don't fight with your child over getting it done. It is okay if the math homework doesn't get done as quick as you feel that it should. Help your child learn to take ownership of their education. Sometimes in order to learn, they have to fail first. I really like the below quote:<br />
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Take the time to pray as a family and thank Heavenly Father for your blessings and ask for His guidance as you teach your children. This is also a great time to read the scriptures together or talk about your family values. What do you believe as a family? What character traits do you want your children to work on? What is your family mission statement? Create one if you don't have one yet. </div>
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There is no parent better than you for your children. Hold them close and enjoy this added time with them. Help them explore their interests and don't worry if they don't get all the assignments done today, there is always tomorrow. </div>
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Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03910542666063311797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1787576690367139469.post-22761458616763288812020-04-02T16:12:00.000-07:002020-04-02T16:12:15.745-07:00Jacob's Rescue - A Holocaust Story<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"The Nazis had invaded Poland and stolen Jewish homes and businesses, promising the non-Jewish Polish people that once the Jews were gone, the property would be theirs. At the same time, the Germans sent all Poles who were strong enough into work camps to do forced labor. Jews were ordered to move into ghettos, fenced or walled areas in the city that separated Jews from the rest of the population."</blockquote>
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No Jew was safe in Poland during the Nazi invasions during 1939-45. <a href="https://amzn.to/3dRLC8j" target="_blank">Jacob's Rescue </a>is the story of the Gutgeld family and their fight for their lives. As a young boy, Jacob lived a comfortable life in a spacious home with servants and a chauffeur, that all changed with the invasion of the Nazi's. Horrified the family watched as businesses were destroyed and people disappeared. Jacob lived with his grandmother and aunt as his mother had died when he was 4 and his brothers were sent to the country for their safety. Jacob's grandfather, uncle, and father had left Poland the year before as it was not safe for the men to remain in the city.<br />
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Jacob's aunt and grandmother have to make a risky decision of how to save Jacob's life. If he stays in the city, he most likely will be sent to a concentration camp. They choose to place Jabob's fate in the hands of the Roslan family. The Roslan's were a Christian family who agreed to hide Jacob and keep him safe. Will he survive?<br />
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<a href="https://amzn.to/3dRLC8j" target="_blank">Jacob's Rescue</a> is based on the true story of Jacob Gutgeld and his fight for his life. This is a touching story that highlights what life was like in Poland during the Nazi invasion. It is an easy read and appropriate for all levels. World War 2 was such a disturbing time period and some books can be a little bit disturbing for all levels of readers. Jacob's Rescue does not focus on the gruesome details of concentration camps, but more on the brave family that risked their lives for three Jewish boys. It is a story of bravery, heartache, and love. If you are looking for a gentle approach to teaching your children about the Holocaust, I would suggest reading Jacob's Rescue to them. <br />
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<br />Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03910542666063311797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1787576690367139469.post-79718336274785886112020-03-04T10:12:00.002-08:002020-03-16T13:43:25.692-07:00Deliverance - A Potent Antiviral and Antibacterial Essential Oil<div style="text-align: center;">
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If you have been following my blog, you know that <a href="https://addinguphomeschool.blogspot.com/2018/10/butterfly-essential-oils-for-cold-season.html" target="_blank">Aspire</a> is one of my favorite Butterfly Express Essential Oils and one that I make sure I have for the winter season. I decided to branch out and try <a href="https://butterflyexpress.shop/collections/homepage-best-selling-blends-retail-only/products/deliverance-essential-oil?beid=Karistew" target="_blank">Deliverance</a>, one of the most potent antiviral and antibacterial essential oils that Butterfly Express sells. Deliverance is a great oil to have on hand during those cold winter months when colds and the flu seem to spread more. Deliverance contains a mixture of some of the most potent antiviral and antibacterial essential oils that have a wide range of uses such as soaking the family toothbrushes to kill off germs. I am a little bit curious to know if it will kill Coronavirus but have yet to find any information on its effectiveness against Coronavirus. Anyone know?<br />
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Luckily I haven't had a chance to try it out on sick kids yet, but I have been diffusing it in my home to kill off harmful bacteria and viruses in the air. </div>
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<span class="AllCapsBold" style="font-weight: bold; margin: 50px 0px 5px;">INGREDIENTS: </span>cinnamon bark, clove, eucalyptus, lemon, oregano, oregano wild, rosemary, thyme</div>
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<span class="AllCapsBold" style="font-weight: bold; margin: 50px 0px 5px;">AFFINITY FOR: </span>immune system, lymphatic system, skin</div>
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<span class="AllCapsBold" style="font-weight: bold; margin: 50px 0px 5px;">APPLICATION:<a href="https://butterflyexpress.shop/collections/homepage-best-selling-blends-retail-only/products/deliverance-essential-oil?beid=Karistew" target="_blank"> </a></span><a href="https://butterflyexpress.shop/collections/homepage-best-selling-blends-retail-only/products/deliverance-essential-oil?beid=Karistew" target="_blank"><sup>Le</sup>Deliverance</a> can be used in so many ways, I am sure that I will not manage to list them all here. Some common methods of use are to soak the family toothbrushes in <sup>Le</sup>Deliverance mixed with water, place a drop on your toothbrush at least one time per day, and place on a cotton ball or in an inhaler and carry with you, inhaling frequently during the cold and flu season.</div>
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A particularly effective way to fight a very virulent illness is to apply <a href="https://butterflyexpress.shop/collections/homepage-best-selling-blends-retail-only/products/deliverance-essential-oil?beid=Karistew" target="_blank"><sup>Le</sup>Deliverance</a> alternately with <a href="https://butterflyexpress.shop/collections/essential-oils/products/life-force-essential-oil?_pos=1&_sid=48da99ee7&_ss=r&beid=Karistew" target="_blank"><sup>Le</sup>LifeForce</a>. In the evening put one of these essential oils on the K1's (acupressure points on the feet) and the other on the thymus. First thing in the morning, put the oils on again, then put them in opposite positions. If <sup>Le</sup><a href="https://butterflyexpress.shop/collections/homepage-best-selling-blends-retail-only/products/deliverance-essential-oil?beid=Karistew" target="_blank">Deliverance</a> was on the thymus area the night before, it should go on the feet in the morning. This method is very effective against really nasty stuff.</div>
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<span class="AllCapsBold" style="font-weight: bold; margin: 50px 0px 5px;">AROMATIC CONSIDERATIONS: </span>An excellent use for this blend is to diffuse it every day during the cold and flu season to eliminate airborne bacteria and viruses.</div>
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<span class="AllCapsBold" style="font-weight: bold; margin: 50px 0px 5px;">PHYSICAL ASPECTS: </span><sup>Le</sup>Deliverance is one of the most potent antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal combinations available. Its many uses include respiratory infections, sore throats, strep throats, dental diseases and infections, cold sores, canker sores, cuts, general infections, athlete's foot, and toenail fungus, and infection from slivers. Apply faithfully, undiluted, for warts (this takes a little time so be patient).</div>
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Frequent and consistent use of <sup>Le</sup>Deliverance also strengthens the immune system. <a href="https://butterflyexpress.shop/collections/homepage-best-selling-blends-retail-only/products/deliverance-essential-oil?beid=Karistew" target="_blank"><sup>Le</sup>Deliverance</a> is an expectorant and helps the lymph system to drain. This is a very effective oil. Everyone should have it on hand.</div>
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Do your kids understand liberty and the proper role of government? The Tuttle Twins series is a great place to start when it comes to teaching your children about liberty and government. </div>
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Author Connor Boyack created the Tuttle Twins book series as a way to teach children the concepts of a free society, free market, competition, individual rights, personal responsibility and more. The books are an easy and fun read for any child and one that is worth adding to your homeschool library. They make learning about the laws of the land easy to understand. </div>
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Recently I came across Dr. Marsaru Emoto's experiments with negative words. I was looking for something to help my children see that words matter and that name-calling and negative words impact a person. I have a child that is constantly saying negative things to himself or to those around him. No matter how many times I tell him that's damaging, he just didn't believe, so I needed evidence.<br />
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After showing Dr. Emoto's experiment to my children, we talked about how our bodies are made up of 60% water. We talked about the effects our negative words have on each of us when we use the words and when we receive the negative words. My little one started to say we shouldn't use negative words because we would end up like an ugly snowflake inside.<br />
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In another experiment, Dr. Emoto took two jars of rice and added just enough water to cover the rice. One jar he labeled "thank you" and one was labeled "you fool." The jars were left in an elementary classroom where the students were instructed to say kind things to the jar labeled thank you and mean things to the you fool jar. After 30 days the jar receiving the negative words turned into a black shriveled mess. The jar receiving the positive words was as fluffy and white as the day it was put in the jar.<br />
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I wanted my kids to see the effects of negative words, so we tried the experiment ourselves. I was a little bit skeptical as to whether it would really work but we went ahead with the experiment and were all pleasantly surprised. I actually took 3 jars, the first jar was labeled hate, the second kind, and the third was left unlabeled. Every day we talked to the kind and mean jar and ignored the unlabeled jar. We did this for several weeks. The mean jar started to turn an ugly brown color while the nice jar and the ignored jar remained clear and white. The smell from the jars was not pleasant. According to the Dr. Emoto's experiment, the mean rice was supposed to smell foul and the kind was supposed to have a pleasant smell. The mean did smell worse than the kind rice but I thought both of them stunk, one just worse than the other. The unlabeled jar wasn't as clear as the kind jar but wasn't brown and dirty like the mean jar. <br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">be many </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">signs and wonders </span>in<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> heaven." Helaman 14:5-6</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A humble bed wherein was laid</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And still is found, the world around,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The old and hallowed story,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And still is sung in ev’ry tongue</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The angels’ song of glory:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And still is found, the world around,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The old and hallowed story,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And still is sung in ev’ry tongue</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The angels’ song of glory:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The heav’nly star its rays afar</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On ev’ry land is throwing,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And shall not cease till holy peace</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0.01); color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> "What are you doing?" I asked him impatiently, annoyed at him for touching the decorations after he had been told not to.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0.01); color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> As I started toward the scene of his latest mischief, he turned to me with wide blue eyes filling and a single tear starting down his cherubic cheek. Then I saw it. A carefully folded tissue had been tenderly placed over the small ceramic infant.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0.01); color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> "Baby Jesus was cold, Mommy," he whispered.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0.01); color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Ten years have passed, and the tiny Nativity has been replaced by a much larger one. But this year, as every year, I found a carefully folded tissue covering the baby Jesus. I think I know who did it, and I hope he never stops. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"And behold, this will I give unto you for a sign at the time of his coming; for behold, there shall be great lights in heaven, insomuch that in the night before he cometh there shall be no darkness, insomuch that it shall appear unto man as if it was day." Helaman 14:3</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "altastgreeting"; font-size: x-large;"><b>Carol: <a href="https://www.lds.org/music/library/childrens-songbook/samuel-tells-of-the-baby-jesus?lang=eng" target="_blank">Samuel Tells of Baby Jesus</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; text-indent: -10px;">Said Samuel, “Within five years</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; text-indent: -10px;">A night will be as day,</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; text-indent: -10px;">And Baby Jesus will be born</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; text-indent: -10px;">In a land far; far away."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hosanna! Hosanna!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Oh, let us gladly sing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">How blessed that our Lord was born;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Let earth receive her King!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Across the sea, in Bethlehem,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And angels sang His birth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hosanna! Hosanna!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Oh, let us gladly sing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">How blessed that our Lord was born;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He said, "My brother and his wife and their family are coming from Germany. They are going to live in your ward. Will you come with me to see the apartment we have rented for them?" On the way to that apartment, he told me had not seen his brother for something like 30 years. Yet all through the Holocaust of World War II, his brother, Hans Guertler, had been faithful to the Church – an officer in the Hamburg branch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I looked at that apartment. It was cold; it was dreary; the paint was peeling from the walls; the cupboards were bare. What an uninviting home for the Christmas season of the year! I worried about it and I prayed about it, and then in our ward welfare committee meeting, we did something about it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The group leader of the high priests said, "I am an electrician. Let's put good appliances in that apartment."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The group leader of the seventies said, "I am in the floor covering business. Let's install new floor coverings."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The elder's quorum president said, "I am a painter. Let's paint that apartment."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Relief Society representative spoke up, "Did you say those cupboards were bare?" (They were not bare very long, with the Relief Society in action.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Then the young people, represented through the Aaronic Priesthood general secretary said, "Let's put a Christmas tree in the home and let's go among our young people and gather gifts to place under the tree."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You should have seen that Christmas scene, when the Guertler family arrived from Germany in clothing, which was tattered, and with faces which were drawn by the rigors of war and deprivation! As they went into their apartment they saw what had been in actual fact a transformation – a beautiful home. We spontaneously began singing, "Silent night! Holy night! All is calm; all is bright." We sang in English; they sang in German. At the conclusion of that hymn, Hans Guertler threw his arms around my neck buried his face in my shoulder, and repeated over and over again those words which I shall never forget: "Mein brudder, mein brudder, mein brudder."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As we walked down the stairs that night, all of us who had participated in making Christmas come alive in the lived of this German family, we reflected upon the words of the Master:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. (Matthew 25:40)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"And now, I would that ye should look to the great Mediator, and hearken unto his great commandments, and be faithful unto His words, and choose eternal life." 2 Nephi 2:28</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ring out the old, ring in the new--,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ring in the valiant men and free,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The larger heart, the kindlier hand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ring out the darkness of the land;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ring in the Christ that is to be.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ring out the darkness of the land;</span></div>
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Christmas and New Year Bells</h2>
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The time draws near the birth of Christ:</div>
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The moon is hid: the night is still;</div>
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The Christmas bells from hill to hill</div>
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Answer each other in the midst.</div>
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Four voices of four hamlets round, </div>
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From far and near, on mead and moor,</div>
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Swell out and fail, as if a door</div>
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Were shut between me and the sound.</div>
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Each voice four changes on the wind,</div>
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That now dilate, and now decrease,</div>
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Peace and goodwill, goodwill and peace,</div>
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Peace and goodwill, to all mankind.</div>
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This year I slept and woke with pain,</div>
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I almost wish'd no more to wake,</div>
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And that my hold on life would break</div>
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Before I heard those bells again.</div>
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But they my troubled spirit rule,</div>
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For they controll'd me when a boy;</div>
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They bring me sorrow touch'd with joy;</div>
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The merry, merry bells of Yule.</div>
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Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,</div>
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The flying cloud, the frosty light:</div>
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The year is dying n the night;</div>
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Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.</div>
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Ring out the old, ring in the new,</div>
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Ring, happy bells, across the snow:</div>
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The year is going, let him go;</div>
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Ring out the false, ring in the true.</div>
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Ring out the grief that saps the mind,</div>
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For those that hear we see no more;</div>
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Ring out the feud of rich and poor,</div>
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Ring in redress to all mankind.</div>
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Ring out a slowly dying cause,</div>
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And ancient forms of party strife;</div>
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Ring in the nobler modes of life,</div>
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With sweeter manners, purer laws.</div>
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Ring out the want, the care, the sin,</div>
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The faithless coldness of the times;</div>
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Ring out, ring out my mournful rhymes,</div>
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But ring the fuller minstrel in.</div>
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Ring out false pride in place and blood,</div>
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The civic slander and the spite;</div>
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Ring in the love of truth and right,</div>
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Ring in the common love of good.</div>
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Ring out old shapes of foul disease,</div>
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Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;</div>
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Ring out the thousand wars of old,</div>
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Ring in the thousand years of peace.</div>
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Ring in the valiant man and free,</div>
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The larger heart, the kindlier hand;</div>
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Ring out the darkness of the land,</div>
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Ring in the Christ that is to be.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"And I looked and beheld the virgin again, bearing a child in her arms. And the angel said unto me: Behold the Lamb of God, yea, even the Son of the Eternal Father! And I looked, and I beheld the Son of God going forth among the children of men, and I saw many fall down at his feet and worship him." 1 Nephi 11:20-21,24</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Glory to the newborn King!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> I knew that Homer had wanted canyon boots for as long as I could remember. He was eleven and I ten, and we had spent many nights under the blue quilts at the cabin talking about how great it would be to have some real boots--boots that would climb through thorny bushes, that would ward off rattlesnakes, that would nudge the ribs of the pony; we had planned the kind of leather they should be and what kind of decoration they should have. But we both knew it was just talk. The depression had been hard on Father's business, and even shoes for school were usually half-soled hand-me-downs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Christmas that year had promised </span>as<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> always to be exciting, though mainly because of the handmade things we'd worked on in school for our parents. We never had money to spend on each other, but we had caught early in our lives a sort of contagion from our mother. She loved to give, and her anticipation of the joy that a just right gift would bring to someone infected our whole household. We were swept up in breathless waiting to see how others would like what we had to give. Secrecy ruled--open exaggerated secrecy, as we made and hid our gifts. The only one whose hiding place we never discovered was my grandmother's. Her gifts seemed to materialize by magic on Christmas morning and were always more expensive than they should have been.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> That Christmas I was glowing because Mother had been so happy with the parchment lampshade I'd made in the fourth grade, and Father raved about the clay jewelry case I had molded and baked for him. Gill and Emma Lou had been pleased with figures I'd whittled out of clothespins, and Home had liked the Scout pin I'd bargained for with my flint. Then Grandma started to pass out her presents. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Mine was heavy and square. I'd been in the hospital that year and then on crutches, and I'd wondered how it would be to have an erector set to build with. Grandma had a knack for reading boys' minds, and I was sure that's what it was. But it wasn't. It was a pair of boots, brown tangy-smelling leather boots.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> I looked quickly at Homer's package. His was a sweater. He'd needed one all fall. I wanted to cover my box before he saw what it was. I didn't want the boots; they should have been his. He came toward me, asking to see, and I started to say, "I'm sorry bruv." But he was grinning, and he shouted, "Hey everybody--look what Richard's got." He swooped the boots out of the box, fondled them like a treasure, and then sat on the floor at my feet to take off my half-soled shoes and put on the brand new boots. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> I don't remember how the boots felt, nor even how they looked. But Christmas rang in my soul because my brother was glad for me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"And I beheld the city of Nazareth, and in the city of Nazareth I beheld a virgin, and she was exceedingly fair and white. And the angel said unto me: Behold the virgin whom thou seest is the mother of the Son of God, after the manner of the flesh." 1 Nephi 11:13,18</span></div>
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Carol: What Child is This</h2>
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<span style="color: #474747;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">What Child is this, who laid to rest,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #474747;">On Mary's lap is sleeping?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #474747;">Whom angels greet with anthems sweet</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #474747;">While shepherds watch are keeping?</span></span></div>
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This, this is Christ the King</div>
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Whom shepherds guard and angels sing.</div>
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Haste, haste to bring Him laud,</div>
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The Babe, the Son of Mary.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #474747;">Why lies He in such mean estate</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #474747;">Where ox and ass are feeding?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #474747;">Good Christian, fear: for sinners here,</span></span></div>
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The silent Word is pleading.</div>
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This, this is Christ the King</div>
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Whom shepherds guard and angels sing.</div>
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Haste, haste to bring Him laud,</div>
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The Babe, the Son of Mary.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #474747;">Nails, spear, shall pierce Him through,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #474747;">The Cross be borne, for me, for you:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #474747;">Hail, hail, the Word made flesh,</span></span></div>
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The Babe, the Son of Mary!</div>
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This, this is Christ the King</div>
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Whom shepherds guard and angels sing.</div>
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Haste, haste to bring Him laud,</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #474747;">So bring Him incense, gold and myrrh</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #474747;">All tongues and peoples own Him</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #474747;">The King of kings salvation brings</span></span></div>
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Whom shepherds guard and angels sing.</div>
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Haste, haste to bring Him laud,</div>
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I didn't question Timmy, age nine, or his seven-year-old brother Billy about the brown wrapping paper they passed back and forth between them as we visited each store.</div>
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Every year at Christmas time, our Service Club takes the children from poor families in our town on a personally conducted shopping tour. I was assigned Timmy and Billy, whose father was out of work. After giving them the allotted $4 each, we began our trip. At a different store I made suggestions, but always their answer was a solemn shake of the head, no. Finally, I asked, "Where would you suggest we look?"</div>
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"Could we go to a shoe store, Sir?" answered Timmy. "We'd like a pair of shoes for our Daddy so he can go to work."</div>
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In the shoe store, the clerk asked what the boys wanted. Out came the brown paper. "We want a pair of work shoes to fit this foot," they said.</div>
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Billy explained that it was a pattern of their Daddy's foot. They had drawn it while he was asleep in a chair.</div>
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I looked at the clerk and he cleared his throat. "That's the regular price," he said, "but they're on sale; $3.98, today only."</div>
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The day after Christmas the boy's father stopped me on the street. The new shoes were on his feet, gratitude was in his eyes. "I just thank Jesus for people who care," he said.</div>
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"And I thank Jesus for your two sons," I replied. "They taught me more about Christmas in one evening than I learned in a lifetime."</div>
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In about my tenth year, as Christmas approached, I longed for an electric train. The times were those of economic depression, yet Mother and Dad purchased for me a lovely electric train. </div>
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Christmas morning, bright and early, I thrilled when I noticed my train. The next few hours were devoted to operating the transformer and watching the engine pull its cars forward--then backward around the track.</div>
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Mother said that she had purchased a wind-up train for Widow Hansen's boy, Mark, who lived down the lane at Gale Street. As I looked at his train, I noticed a tanker car which I much admired. I put up such a fuss that my mother succumbed to my pleadings and gave me the tanker car. I put it with my train set and felt pleased.</div>
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Mother and I took the remaining cards and the engine down to Mark Hansen. The young boy was a year or two older than I. He had never anticipated such a gift. he was thrilled beyond words. He wound the key in his engine, it not being electric nor expensive like mine, and was overjoyed as the engine and three cars, plus caboose, went around the track.</div>
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I felt a horrible sense of guilt as I returned home. The tanker car no longer appealed to me. Suddenly, I took the tanker in my hand, plus an additional car of my own, and ran all the way down to Gale Street and proudly announced to Mark, "We forgot to bring two cars which belong to your train."</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Behold, I say unto you that none of the prophets have written, nor prophesied, save they have spoken concerning this Christ. And it has been made manifest unto me by the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore, I know if there should be no atonement made all </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> The "Dillingham" had been flung to the breeze during a former period of prosperity when its possessor was being paid $30 per week. Now, when the income was shrunk to $20, the letters of "Dillingham" looked blurred, as though they were thinking seriously of contracting to a modest and unassuming D. But whenever Mr. James Dillingham Young came home and reached his flat above he was called "Jim" and greatly hugged by Mrs. James Dillingham Young, already introduced to you as Della. Which is all very good.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Della finished her cry and attended to her cheeks with the powder rag. She stood by the window and looked out dully at a grey cat walking a grey fence in a grey backyard. To-morrow would be Christmas Day, and she had only $1.87 with which to buy Jim a present. She had been saving every penny she could for months, with this result. Twenty dollars a week doesn't go far. Expenses had been greater than she had calculated. They always are. Only $1.87 to buy a present for Jim. Her Jim. Many a happy hour she had spent planning for something nice for him. Something fine and rare and sterling - something just a little bit near to being worthy of the honour of being owned by Jim.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> There was a pier-glass between the windows of the room. Perhaps you have seen a pier-glass in an $8 Bat. A very thin and very agile person may, by observing his reflection in a rapid sequence of longitudinal strips, obtain a fairly accurate conception of his looks. Della, being slender, had mastered the art.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Suddenly she whirled from the window and stood before the glass. Her eyes were shining brilliantly, but her face had lost its colour within twenty seconds. Rapidly she pulled down her hair and let it fall to its full length.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Now, there were two possessions of the James Dillingham Youngs in which they both took a mighty pride. One was Jim's gold watch that had been his father's and his grandfather's. The other was Della's hair. Had the Queen of Sheba lived in the flat across the airshaft, Della would have let her hair hang out of the window some day to dry just to depreciate Her Majesty's jewels and gifts. Had King Solomon been the janitor, with all his treasures piled up in the basement, Jim would have pulled out his watch every time he passed, just to see him pluck at his beard from envy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> So now Della's beautiful hair fell about her, rippling and shining like a cascade of brown waters. It reached below her knee and made itself almost a garment for her. And then she did it up again nervously and quickly. Once she faltered for a minute and stood still while a tear or two splashed on the worn red carpet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> On went her old brown jacket; on went her old brown hat. With a whirl of skirts and with the brilliant sparkle still in her eyes, she cluttered out of the door and down the stairs to the street.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Where she stopped the sign read: 'Mme Sofronie. Hair Goods of All Kinds.' One Eight up Della ran, and collected herself, panting. Madame, large, too white, chilly, hardly looked the 'Sofronie.'</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> "Will you buy my hair?" asked Della.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> "I buy hair," said Madame. "Take yer hat off and let's have a sight at the looks of it."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> "Twenty dollars," said Madame, lifting the mass with a practised hand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> "Give it to me quick" said Della.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Oh, and the next two hours tripped by on rosy wings. Forget the hashed metaphor. She was ransacking the stores for Jim's present.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> She found it at last. It surely had been made for Jim and no one else. There was no other like it in any of the stores, and she had turned all of them inside out. It was a platinum fob chain simple and chaste in design, properly proclaiming its value by substance alone and not by meretricious ornamentation - as all good things should do. It was even worthy of The Watch. As soon as she saw it she knew that it must be Jim's. It was like him. Quietness and value - the description applied to both. Twenty-one dollars they took from her for it, and she hurried home with the 78 cents. With that chain on his watch Jim might be properly anxious about the time in any company. Grand as the watch was, he sometimes looked at it on the sly on account of the old leather strap that he used in place of a chain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> When Della reached home her intoxication gave way a little to prudence and reason. She got out her curling irons and lighted the gas and went to work repairing the ravages made by generosity added to love. Which is always a tremendous task dear friends - a mammoth task.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Within forty minutes her head was covered with tiny, close-lying curls that made her look wonderfully like a truant schoolboy. She looked at her reflection in the mirror long, carefully, and critically.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> "If Jim doesn't kill me," she said to herself, "before he takes a second look at me, he'll say I look like a Coney Island chorus girl. But what could I do - oh! what could I do with a dollar and eighty-seven cents?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Jim was never late. Della doubled the fob chain in her hand and sat on the corner of the table near the door that he always entered. Then she heard his step on the stair away down on the first flight, and she turned white for just a moment. She had a habit of saying little silent prayers about the simplest everyday things, and now she whispered: "Please, God, make him think I am still pretty."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> The door opened and Jim stepped in and closed it. He looked thin and very serious. Poor fellow, he was only twenty-two - and to be burdened with a family! He needed a new overcoat and he was with out gloves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Jim stepped inside the door, as immovable as a setter at the scent of quail. His eyes were fixed upon Della, and there was an expression in them that she could not read, and it terrified her. It was not anger, nor surprise, nor disapproval, nor horror, nor any of the sentiments that she had been prepared for. He simply stared at her fixedly with that peculiar expression on his face.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> "Jim, darling," she cried, "don't look at me that way. I had my hair cut off and sold it because I couldn't have lived through Christmas without giving you a present. It'll grow out again - you won't mind, will you? I just had to do it. My hair grows awfully fast. Say 'Merry Christmas!' Jim, and let's be happy. You don't know what a nice-what a beautiful, nice gift I've got for you."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> "You've cut off your hair?" asked Jim, laboriously, as if he had not arrived at that patent fact yet, even after the hardest mental labour.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> "Cut it off and sold it," said Della. "Don't you like me just as well, anyhow? I'm me without my hair, ain't I?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Jim looked about the room curiously.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> "You say your hair is gone?" he said, with an air almost of idiocy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> "You needn't look for it," said Della. "It's sold, I tell you - sold and gone, too. It's Christmas Eve, boy. Be good to me, for it went for you. Maybe the hairs of my head were numbered," she went on with a sudden serious sweetness, "but nobody could ever count my love for you. Shall I put the chops on, Jim?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Out of his trance Jim seemed quickly to wake. He enfolded his Della. For ten seconds let us regard with discreet scrutiny some inconsequential object in the other direction. Eight dollars a week or a million a year - what is the difference? A mathematician or a wit would give you the wrong answer. The magi brought valuable gifts, but that was not among them. This dark assertion will be illuminated later on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> "Don't make any mistake, Dell," he said, "about me. I don't think there's anything in the way of a haircut or a shave or a shampoo that could make me like my girl any less. But if you'll unwrap that package you may see why you had me going a while at first."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> White fingers and nimble tore at the string and paper. And then an ecstatic scream of joy; and then, alas! a quick feminine change to hysterical tears and wails, necessitating the immediate employment of all the comforting powers of the lord of the flat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> For there lay The Combs - the set of combs, side and back, that Della had worshipped for long in a Broadway window. Beautiful combs, pure tortoise-shell, with jewelled rims - just the shade to wear in the beautiful vanished hair. They were expensive combs, she knew, and her heart had simply craved and yearned over them without the least hope of possession. And now, they were hers, but the tresses that should have adorned the coveted adornments were gone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> But she hugged them to her bosom, and at length she was able to look up with dim eyes and a smile and say: "My hair grows so fast, Jim!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> And then Della leaped up like a little singed cat and cried, "Oh, oh!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Jim had not yet seen his beautiful present. She held it out to him eagerly upon her open palm. The dull precious metal seemed to {lash with a reflection of her bright and ardent spirit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> "Isn't it a dandy, Jim? I hunted all over town to find it. You'll have to look at the time a hundred times a day now. Give me your watch. I want to see how it looks on it."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Instead of obeying, Jim tumbled down on the couch and put his hands under the back of his head and smiled.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> "Dell," said he, "let's put our Christmas presents away and keep 'em a while. They're too nice to use just at present. I sold the watch to get the money to buy your combs. And now suppose you put the chops on."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> The magi, as you know, were wise men - wonderfully wise men - who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented the art of giving Christmas presents. Being wise, their gifts were no doubt wise ones, possibly bearing the privilege of exchange in case of duplication. And here I have lamely related to you the uneventful chronicle of two foolish children in a flat who most unwisely sacrificed for each other the greatest treasures of their house. But in a last word to the wise of these days let it be said that of all who give gifts these two were the wisest. Of all who give and receive gifts, such as they are wisest. Everywhere they are wisest. They are the magi.</span></div>
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<b>Day 9: <a href="http://www.supercoloring.com/pages/jesus-feeds-5000-people" target="_blank">Jesus Feeds 5000</a></b></div>
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<b>Ornament: Basket with bread and fish</b></div>
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<b>Scripture: <a href="https://www.lds.org/search?domains=scriptures&lang=eng&query=matthew+14%3A+14-21" target="_blank">Matthew 14:14-21</a></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;">Oh hush thee, my baby; A story I'll tell, </span>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;">How little Lord Jesus on earth came to dwell;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;">Was born a wee baby, my dear one, like thee.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;">Lullaby baby, lullaby dear</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;">Sleep, little baby;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;">Have nothing to fear.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;">Lullaby baby, lullaby dear.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;">Jesus will care for his little one here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;">The story was told by the angels so bright,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;">As round them was shining a heavenly light.</span></div>
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Martha had tried to ignore the approach of Christmas. She would have kept it almost entirely out of her thoughts if Jed had not come eagerly into the cabin one day, stomping the snow from his cold feet as he said in an excited voice, “Martha, we’re going to have a Christmas tree this year, anyway. I spotted a cedar on that rise out south of the wheat field, over near Norton’s place. It’s a scrubby thing, but it will do since we can’t get a pine. Maybe Christmas will be a little different here, but it will still be the kind of Christmas we used to have.”</div>
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“I don’t want a tree,” she said. “We won’t be celebrating Christmas. Even a tree couldn’t make it the kind of Christmas we used to have.”</div>
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“Martha, we’ve got to do something for the boy at least. Children set such store by Christmas.”</div>
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“Don’t you think I know? All those years fixing things for Maybelle and Stellie. I know all about the kids and Christmas.” She stopped and drew a deep breath, glancing over to see that Daniel was occupied and not listening. “But I can’t do those things for him. It would be like a knife in the heart, fixing a tree and baking cookies and making things for another woman’s child when my own girls are back there on that prairie.”</div>
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“Martha, Martha,” Jed said softly. “It’s been almost a year and a half. That’s over, and Danny needs you. He needs a Christmas like he remembers.”</div>
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She turned her back to his pleading face. “I can’t,” she said.</div>
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Jed touched her shoulder gently, “I know how hard it is for you, Martha. But think of the boy.” He turned and went back out into the snowy weather.</div>
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Think of the boy. Why should she think of him, when her own children, her two blue-eyed, golden-curled daughters, had been left beside the trail back there on that endless, empty prairie? The boy came to her not because she wanted him, but because she couldn’t say “no” to the bishop back in Salt Lake City last April before they came to settle in this valley.</div>
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Bishop Clay had brought Daniel to her and Jed one day and said, “I want you to care for this lad. His mother died on the trek last summer and his pa passed away last week. He needs a good home.”</div>
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Jed had gripped the bishop’s hand and with tears in his eyes, thanked him, but Martha had turned away from the sight of the thin, ragged, six-year-old boy who stood before them, not fast enough, however, to miss the sudden brief smile he flashed at her. A smile that should have caught her heart and opened it wide. Her heart was closed, though, locked tightly around the memory of her two gentle little girls. She didn’t want a noisy, rowdy boy hanging around, disturbing those memories, filling the cabin with a boy’s loud games.</div>
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Yet she had taken him because she felt she had no choice. Faced with the bishop’s request—more of an order, really—and Jed’s obvious joy, she couldn’t refuse.</div>
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He came with them out to this new valley west of the Salt Lake settlement and had proved himself a great help to Jed, despite his young age. Sometimes Martha felt pity for him, but she didn’t love him. With Jed it was different. He had accepted Daniel immediately as his own son and enjoyed having a boy with him. They had a special relationship.</div>
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Daniel mentioned Christmas only once. One day it was too cold and snowy to play outside and he had been humming softly to himself as he played in his corner. Suddenly, he looked up at Martha and asked, “Can you sing, Aunt Martha?”</div>
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Martha paused and straightened up from the table where she was kneading bread. She used to sing for her girls all the time. “No, I can’t, Daniel,” she said. “Not anymore.”</div>
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“My mother used to sing a pretty song at Christmas,” he said. “I wish I could remember it.”</div>
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On the day before Christmas, Jed went through the deep snow to do some chores for Brother Norton, who was ill. Daniel was alone outside most of the day, although he made several rather furtive trips in and out of the cabin. On one trip, he took the sticks he had been tying together.</div>
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Toward evening, Martha went out to the stable to milk Rosie, since Jed had not yet returned. As she approached, she saw there was light inside. Opening the door softly, she peered within. Daniel had lit the barn lantern, and with its glow, he knelt in the straw by Rosie’s stall. In front of him were the sticks he had tied together, which Martha recognized now as a crude cradle. It held Stellie’s rag doll, all wrapped up in the white shawl Martha kept in her trunk. Her first impulse was to rush in and snatch it, but she stopped because the scene was strangely beautiful in the soft light from the lantern. Rosie and the two sheep stood close by, watching Daniel. He seemed to be addressing them when he spoke.</div>
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“The shepherds came following the star,” he was saying. “And they found the baby Jesus who had been born in a stable.” He paused for a moment, then went on. “And his mother loved him.”</div>
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Martha felt suddenly that she couldn’t breathe. Another mother, another day, had loved her boy and had told him the beautiful story of the Christ Child with such love that he hadn’t forgotten it, young as he was, and she, Martha, had failed that mother.</div>
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In the silence, she began to sing. “Silent Night,” she sang. “Holy Night.”</div>
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“That’s the one,” he whispered. “That’s the song that my mother used to sing to me.”</div>
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Martha ran forward had gathered the boy into her arms. He responded immediately, clasping his arms tightly around her.</div>
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“Danny,” she said, sitting on the edge of Rosie’s manger, “let’s go in and get the cabin ready for Christmas. Maybe it isn’t too late for Jed—for Pa to get that tree. It might be a little different kind of Christmas, but it will still be a little like the Christmases we used to know.”</div>
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“Do you mind it being different?” asked Daniel. “I mean with a boy instead of your girls?”</div>
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Martha wondered how long it would take her to make up to him for the hurt she had inflicted these many months. “No,” she said. “After all, the Baby Jesus was a boy.”</div>
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“That’s right,” he said wonderingly.</div>
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She set him down on the floor and put her arm around his shoulders.</div>
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“Merry Christmas,” she said. “Merry Christmas, Danny.”</div>
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He looked up at her with a smile that did not fade quickly away this time, a sweet smile full of love he had been waiting to give her.</div>
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“Merry Christmas,” he said, and then added softly, “Mother.”</div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“Lift up your heads, o ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of Glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory.” Psalm 24:7,10</span><br />
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<span style="color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;">I heard the bells on Christmas Day<br />Their old familiar carols play.<br />And wild and sweet the words repeat<br />Of Peace on earth, good will to men.<br /><br />I thought how as the day had come<br />The belfries of all Christendom<br />Had roll'd along th' unbroken song<br />Of Peace on earth, good will to men.<br /><br />And in despair, I bow'd my head:<br />"There is no peace on earth," I said,<br />"For hate is strong and mocks the song,<br />Of Peace on earth, good will to men."<br /><br />Then pealed the bells more loud and deep;<br />"God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;<br />The wrong shall fail, the right prevail,<br />With Peace on earth, good will to men."</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;">When you came to the building itself, you found stone columns and dark passages, and a grand entrance leading to the main room of the church. This room was so long that one standing in the doorway could scarcely see to the other end, where the choir stood by the marble altar. In the farthest corner was the organ; and this organ was so loud, that sometimes when it played, the people for miles around would close their shutters and prepare for a great thunderstorm. Altogether, no such church as this was ever seen before, especially when it was lighted up for some festival, and crowded with people, young and old. But the strangest thing about the whole building was the wonderful chime of bells.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> At one corner of the church was a great gray tower, with ivy growing over it as far up as one could see. I say as far as one could see because the tower was quite great enough to fit the great church, and it rose so far into the sky that it was only in very fair weather that anyone claimed to be able to see the top. Even then one could not be certain that it was in sight. Up, and up, and up climbed the stones and the ivy; and, as the men who built the church had been dead for hundreds of years, everyone had forgotten how high the tower was supposed to be.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> Now all the people knew that at the top of the tower was a chime of Christmas bells. They had hung there ever since the church had been built, and were the most beautiful bells in the world. Some thought it was because a great musician had cast them and arranged them in their place; others said it was because of the great height, which reached up where the air was clearest and purest; however that might be, no one who had ever heard the chimes denied that they were the sweetest in the world. Some described them as sounding like angels far up in the sky; others, as sounding like strange winds singing through the trees.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> But the fact was that no one had heard them for years and years. There was an old man living not far from the church, who said that his mother had spoken of hearing them when she was a little girl, and he was the only one who was sure of as much as that. They were Christmas chimes, you see, and were not meant to be played by men or on common days. It was the custom on Christmas Eve for all the people to bring to the church their offerings to the Christ child; and when the greatest and the best offering was laid on the altar, there used to come sounding through the music of the choir the Christmas chimes far up in the tower. Some said that the wind rang them, and others that they were so high that the angels could set them swinging. But for many long years, they had never been heard. It was said that people had been growing less careful of their gifts for the Christ child and that no offering was brought, great enough to deserve the music of the chimes.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> Every Christmas Eve the rich people still crowded to the altar, each one trying to bring some better gift than any other, without giving anything that he wanted for himself, and the church was crowded with those who thought that perhaps the wonderful bells might be heard again. But although the service was splendid, and the offerings plenty, only the roar of the wind could be heard, far up in the stone tower.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> Now, a number of miles from the city, in a little country village, where nothing could be seen of the great church but glimpses of the tower when the weather was fine, lived a boy named Pedro, and his little brother. They knew very little about the Christmas chimes, but they had heard of the service in the church on Christmas Eve and had a secret plan, which they had often talked over when by themselves, to go to see the beautiful celebration.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> "Nobody can guess, Little Brother," Pedro would say, "all the fine things there are to see and hear, and I have even heard it said that the Christ child sometimes comes down to bless the service. What if we could see Him?"</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> The day before Christmas was bitterly cold, with a few lonely snowflakes flying in the air, and a hard white crust on the ground. Sure enough, Pedro and Little Brother were able to slip quietly away early in the afternoon; and although the walking was hard in the frosty air, before nightfall they had trudged so far, hand in hand, that they saw the lights of the big city just ahead of them. Indeed, they were about the enter one of the great gates in the wall that surrounded it, when they saw something dark on the snow near their path, and stepped aside to look at it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> It was a poor woman, who had fallen just outside the city, too sick and tired to get in where she might have found shelter. The soft snow made of a drift a sort of pillow for her, and she would soon be sound asleep, in the wintry air, that no one could ever waken her again. All this Pedro saw in a moment, and he knelt down beside her and tried to rouse her, even tugging at her arm a little, as though he would have tried to carry her away. He turned her face toward him so that he could rum some of the snow on it, and when he had looked at her silently a moment he stood up again and said:</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> "It's no use, Little Brother. You will have to go on alone."</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> "Alone?" cried Little Brother. "And you not see the Christmas festival?"</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> "No," said Pedro, and he could not keep back a bit of a choking sound in his throat. "See this poor woman. Her face looks like the Madonna in the chapel window, and she will freeze to death if nobody cares for her. Every one has gone to the church now, but when you come back you can bring someone to help her. I will rub her to keep her from freezing, and perhaps get her to eat the bun that is left in my pocket."</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> "But I can not bear to leave you, and go on alone," said Little Brother.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> "Both of us need not miss the service," said Pedro, "and it had better be I than you. You can easily find your way to the church, and you must see and hear everything twice, Little Brother – once for you and once for me. I am sure the Christ child must know how I should love to come with you and worship Him; and oh! If you get a chance, Little Brother, to slip up to the altar without getting in any one's way, take this little silver piece of mine, and lay it down for my offering, when no one is looking. Do not forget where you have left me, and forgive me for not going with you."</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> In this way, he hurried Little Brother off to the city and winked hard to keep back the tears, as he heard the crunching footsteps sounding farther and farther away in the twilight. It was pretty hard to lose the music and splendor of the Christmas celebration that he had been planning for so long, and spend the time instead in that lonely place in the snow.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> The great church was a wonderful place that night. Everyone said that it had never looked so bright and beautiful before. When the organ played and the thousands of people sang, the walls shook with the sound, and little Pedro, aways outside the city wall, felt the earth tremble around him.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> At the close of the service came the procession with the offerings to be laid on the altar. Rich men and great men marched proudly up to lay down their gifts to the Christ child. Some brought wonderful jewels, some baskets of gold so heavy that they could scarcely carry them down the aisle. A great writer laid down a book that he had been making for years and years. And last of all walked the king of the country, hoping with all the rest to win for himself the chime of the Christmas bells. There went a great murmur through the church, as the people saw the king take from his head the royal crown, all set with precious stones, and lay it gleaming on the altar, as his offering to the Holy Child. "Surely," everyone said, "we shall never hear the bells now, for nothing like this has ever happened before."</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> But still only the cold old wind was heard in the tower, and the people shook their heads; and some of them said, as they had before, that they never really believed the story of the chimes, and doubted if they ever rang at all.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> The procession was over, and the choir began the closing hymn. Suddenly the organist stopped playing as though he had been shot, and every one looked at the old minister, who was standing by the altar, holding up his hand for silence. Not a sound could be heard from anyone in the church, but as all the people strained their ears to listen, there came softly, but distinctly, swinging through the air, the sound of the chimes in the tower. So far away, and yet so clear the music seemed – so much sweeter were the notes than anything that had been heard before, rising and falling away up there in the sky, that the people in the church sat for a moment as still as though something held each of them by the shoulders. Then they all stood up together and stared straight at the altar, to see what great gift had awakened the long-silent bells.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> But all that the nearest of them saw was the childish figure of Little Brother, who had crept softly down the aisle when no one was looking and had laid Pedro's little piece of silver on the altar.</span></span></div>
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<b>Scripture: <a href="https://www.lds.org/search?q=matthew+5%3a+1-16&lang=eng&domains=scriptures" target="_blank">Matthew 5: 1-16</a></b></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It came upon the midnight clear<br />That glorious song of old<br />From angels bending near the earth<br />To touch their harps of gold</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Peace on the earth, goodwill to men</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">From heav'n's all-gracious King.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The world in solemn stillness lay</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">To hear the angels sing.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Still thru the cloven skies they come</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">With peaceful wings unfurled,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And still their heav'nly music floats</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">O'er all the weary world.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">They bend on hov'ring wing,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And ever o'er its Babel sounds</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">For lo! The days </span>are hast'ning<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> on,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Which now the angels sing.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And lots and lots and lots of them were coming there one day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">His father was as busy as six or seven bees!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Find a job for us to do!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Listen, son,” his father said, “last week you broke three j<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;">ugs.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You scared my two best customers with your pet lightening bugs!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You tracked in mud on my clean floor, you tripped and dropped the bread.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And though I loved the fish you caught—why leave them on my bed?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I've put up with your helpfulness as long as I am able.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So do me one big favor now, get out—and clean the stable!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Davey sadly went and stood beside the stable door.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It hardly seemed that anyone could clean that dirty floor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;">He and Tim both felt so bad they started in to cry-- </span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;">But then (thought Davey), “Yes, we can! Well, anyhow—let's try. </span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">First, let's chase those chickens out. That's what we've got to do.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So Tim began to flap his ears while Davey shouted, “Shoo!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;">The chickens clucked and flew and ducked, they fluttered wild and scary, </span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Until their feathers filled the air like snow in January.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Yes, Davey chased those chickens out, he and Tim together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But now he had to get a sack and pick up every feather!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You should have seen how had they worked! They stacked up all the wheat,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">They straightened up the harnesses till they were nice and neat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">They fought with spiders bravely till they chased out every bug.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And since we must admit the truth—they broke another jug!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The very biggest job of all was stacking up the hay.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Davey climbed up to the loft and put it all away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;">Look, Tim. You see how high it is? I'll make just one more trip.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Then clear up by the stable roof his feet began to slip!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Down came the hay and Davey, too. The stable looked so queer--</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">All you could see was piles of hay—one sandal, and one ear!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Slowly they came out on top, and Davey didn't whine,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Though hay stuck out all over him just like a porcupine!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">He put the hay all back again and stacked it up with care--</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But left one armload down below to fill the manger there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So Davey's work was done at last, and when it all looked neat</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;">He picked some flowers to trim the barn, and some for Tim to eat. </span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;">I hope it's clean enough,” he thought. “At least I did my best.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And feeling very, very tired, he curled up for a rest...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;">Who woke up Davey from his sleep? Just guess them if you can. </span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mary was the woman's name, Joseph was the man.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mary said, “Oh Joseph, look! This is a lovely place!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Then, seeing Davey there, she said, with shining face,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;">Your father's inn had no more rooms, tonight we're staying here.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So tell me now, are you the boy who cleaned the stable, dear?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And did your donkey help you work? We want to thank him, too.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;">Though Davey was still half asleep, his heart was glad clear through. </span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So that is how a little boy, two thousand years ago,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Stayed on to hear the angels sing, and see the Star aglow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As soon as Baby Jesus came to use the manger bed,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Then Davey's sack of feathers made a pillow for his head.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">No one told Davey anymore that he was in the way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">His work had helped get ready for the world's first Christmas Day!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "santassleighfull";">Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah. In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David.” </span></span> </span></div>
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Scripture:<a href="https://www.lds.org/search?q=luke+5%3a1-11&lang=eng&domains=scriptures" target="_blank"> Luke 5: 1-11</a>, <a href="https://www.lds.org/search?q=luke+5%3a1-11&lang=eng&domains=scriptures" target="_blank">Luke 6:12-16</a></div>
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“Have you ever wondered what it must have been like to have lived in the days of the Savior? If you had been there, would you have heeded His call “Follow me”? Perhaps a more realistic question might be, “If the Savior were to call you today, would you be just as willing to leave your nets and follow Him?” I am confident that many would. But for some, it may not be such an easy decision. Some have discovered that nets, by their very nature, are sometimes not so easy to leave….</div>
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“Nets are generally defined as devices for capturing something. In a more narrow but more important sense, we might define a net as anything that entices or prevents us from following the call of Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God. Nets in this context can be our work, our hobbies, our pleasures, and, above all else, our temptations and sins. In short, a net can be anything that pulls us away from our relationship with our Heavenly Father or from His restored Church….</div>
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As Jesus the Christ stood on the shores of the Sea of Galilee 2,000 years ago, so stands He today, issuing the same call He gave to those faithful fishermen and now to all who will hear His voice: “Follow me!” We have nets that must be tended and nets that must be mended. But when the Master of ocean, earth, and sky calls to us, “Follow me,” we should leave the entangling, worldly nets behind and follow His footsteps.”</div>
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0%E2%80%9CIt%20was%20only%20a%20dream,%E2%80%9D%20he%20sighed,%20with%20a%20heavy%20heart.%20%E2%80%9CI%20did%20hope%20and%20believe,%20but%20He%20has%20not%20come.%E2%80%9D%20Suddenly,%20so%20it%20seemed%20to%20his%20weary%20eyes,%20the%20room%20was%20flooded%20with%20a%20strange%20light,%20and%20to%20the%20cobbler%27s%20astonished%20vision,%20there%20appeared%20before%20him,%20one%20by%20one,%20the%20poor%20street%20sweeper,%20the%20sick%20mother%20and%20her%20child,%20and%20all%20the%20people%20whom%20he%20had%20aided%20during%20the%20day.%20And%20each%20smiled%20at%20him%20and%20said:%20%E2%80%9CHave%20you%20not%20seen%20me?%20Did%20I%20not%20sit%20at%20your%20table?%E2%80%9D%20Then%20they%20vanished%20from%20his%20view.%20At%20last%20out%20of%20the%20silence,%20Father%20Martin%20heard%20again%20the%20gentle%20voice%20repeating%20the%20old%20familiar%20words:%20%E2%80%9CWhosoever%20shall%20receive%20one%20such%20in%20my%20name,%20receiveth%20me...for%20I%20was%20hungered,%20and%20ye%20gave%20me%20meat;%20I%20was%20thirsty,%20and%20ye%20gave%20me%20drink;%20I%20was%20a%20stranger,%20and%20ye%20took%20me%20in...Verily%20I%20say%20unto%20you,%20inasmuch%20as%20ye%20have%20done%20it%20unto%20one%20of%20the%20least%20of%20these%20my%20brethren,%20ye%20have%20done%20it%20unto%20me.%E2%80%9D%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20Once%20in%20royal%20David%27s%20City%20%20%20Once%20in%20royal%20David%27s%20city%20Stood%20a%20lowly%20cattle%20shed%20Where%20a%20mother%20laid%20her%20baby%20In%20a%20manger%20for%20his%20bed%20Mary%20was%20that%20Mother%20mild%20Jesus%20Christ%20her%20little%20child%20%20He%20came%20down%20to%20earth%20from%20heaven%20Who%20is%20God%20and%20Lord%20of%20all%20And%20his%20shelter%20was%20a%20stable%20And%20his%20cradle%20was%20a%20stall%20With%20the%20poor%20and%20mean%20and%20lowly%20Lived%20on%20earth%20our%20Savior%20holy%20%20And%20our%20eyes%20at%20last%20shall%20see%20him,%20Through%20his%20own%20redeeming%20love;%20For%20that%20child%20so%20dear%20and%20gentle%20Is%20our%20Lord%20in%20heaven%20above%20And%20he%20leads%20his%20children%20on%20To%20the%20place%20where%20he%20is%20gone.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20(Get%20Sheet%20Music%20here:%20Once%20in%20Royal%20David%27s%20City,%20https://www.lds.org/music/library/hymns/once-in-royal-davids-city?lang=eng)" 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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;">Stood a lowly cattle shed<br />Where a mother laid her baby<br />In a manger for his bed<br />Mary was that Mother mild<br />Jesus Christ her little child</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;">He came down to earth from heaven<br />Who is God and Lord of all<br />And his shelter was a stable<br />And his cradle was a stall<br />With the poor and mean and lowly<br />Lived on earth our Savior holy</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> Replacing the shoes, he blew out the candle and retired to rest. Hardly had he closed his eyes it seemed when he heard a voice call his name, “Martin! Martin!” Intuitively he felt a presence. Then the voice spoke again, “Martin you have wished to see me. Tomorrow I shall pass by your window. If you see me and bid me enter, I shall be your guest at your table.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> When all was in readiness, he took up his patient vigil at the window. Presently he saw an old street-sweeper pass by, blowing upon his thin, gnarled hands to warm them. “Poor fellow, he must be half-frozen,” thought Martin. Opening the door he called out to him, “Come in, my friend and warm yourself, and drink something hot.” And the man gratefully accepted the invitation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> An hour passed, and Martin saw a young, miserably clothed women, carrying a baby. She paused wearily to rest in the shelter of his doorway. The heart of the old cobbler was touched. Quickly he flung open the door. “Come in and warm while you rest,” he said to her. “You do not look well,” he remarked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> “I am going to the hospital. I hope they will take me in, and my baby boy,” she explained. “My husband is at sea, and I am ill, without soup.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> “Poor child,” cried Father Martin. “You must eat something while you are getting warm. No? Then let me give a cup of milk to the little one. Ah! What a bright, pretty little fellow he is! Why you have put no shoes on him!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> And Father Martin took down from the shelf the soft little snow-white shoes he had admired the evening before. He slipped them on the child's feet, they fit perfectly. And shortly the poor young mother went on her way, two shoes in her hand and tearful with gratitude. </span>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> And Father Martin resumed his post at the window. Hour after hour went by, and although many people passed by his window, and although many people shared the hospitality of the old cobbler, the expected guest did not appear. </span>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> “It was only a dream,” he sighed, with a heavy heart. “I did hope and believe, but He has not come.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> Suddenly, so it seemed to his weary eyes, the room was flooded with a strange light, and to the cobbler's astonished vision, there appeared before him, one by one, the poor street sweeper, the sick mother and her child, and all the people whom he had aided during the day. And each smiled at him and said: “Have you not seen me? Did I not sit at your table?” Then they vanished from his view.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> At last out of the silence, Father Martin heard again the gentle voice repeating the old familiar words: “Whosoever shall receive one such in my name, receiveth me...for I was hungered, and ye gave me meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in...Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.”</span></div>
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Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14621441064340121024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1787576690367139469.post-66237138888446809682019-12-05T01:00:00.000-08:002019-12-06T20:09:08.679-08:0024 Stories of Christmas Day 5<h4 align="CENTER" class="western" style="border: none; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0.1in; margin-top: 0in; padding: 0in;">
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<span style="color: #1c1c1c;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;">Far, far away on Judea's plains,<br />Shepherds of old<br />Heard the joyous strains:<br />Glory to God, Glory to God,<br />Glory to God in the highest:<br />Peace on earth,<br />Good-will to men;<br />Peace on earth,<br />Good-will to men!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1c1c1c;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;">Sweet are these strains<br />Of redeeming love,<br />Message of mercy from heaven above:<br />Glory to God, Glory to God,<br />Glory to God in the highest:<br />Peace on earth,<br />Good-will to men;<br />Peace on earth,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1c1c1c;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;">Lord, with the angels<br />We too would rejoice,<br />Help us to sing with<br />The heart and voice:<br />Glory to God, Glory to God,<br />Glory to God in the highest:<br />Peace on earth,<br />Good-will to men;<br />Peace on earth,<br />Good-will to men!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1c1c1c;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;">Hasten the time when<br />From every clime,<br />Men shall unite<br />In the strains sublime:<br />Glory to God, Glory to God,<br />Glory to God in the highest:<br />Peace on earth,<br />Good-will to men;<br />Peace on earth,<br />Good-will to men!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> It was Christmas Eve; and, as usual, George Mason was the last to leave the office. He walked over to a massive safe, spun the dials, and swung the heavy door open. Making sure the door would not close behind him, he stepped inside. </span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> A square of white cardboard was taped just above the topmost row of strongboxes. On the card, a few words were written. George Mason stared at those words, remembering...</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> Exactly one year ago he had entered this self-same vault. And then, behind his back, slowly, noiselessly, the ponderous door swung shut. He was trapped—entombed int eh sudden and terrifying dark. </span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> He hurled himself at the unyielding door, his hoarse cry sounding like an explosion. Through his mind flashed all the stories he had heard of men found suffocated in time vaults. No time clock controlled this mechanism; the safe would remain locked until it was open from the outside. Tomorrow morning. </span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> Then the realization hit him. No one would come tomorrow—tomorrow was Christmas. Once more he flung himself at the door, shouting wildly until he sank on his knees exhausted. Silence came, high-pitched, singing silence that seemed deafening. More than thirty-six hours would pass before anyone came—thirty-six in a steel box three feet wide, eight feet long, and seven feet high. Would the oxygen last? Perspiring and breathing heavily, he felt his way around the floor. Then, in the far right-hand corner, just about the floor, he found a small, circular opening. Quickly he thrust his finger into it and felt faint but unmistakable, a cool current of air. </span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> The tension release was so sudden that he burst into tears. But at last, he sat up. Surely he would not have to stay trapped for the full thirty-six hours. Somebody would miss him. But who? He was unmarried and lived alone. The maid who cleaned his apartment was just a servant; he had always treated her as such. He had been invited to spend Christmas Eve with his brother's family, but children got on his nerves and expected presents. </span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> George Mason dug his nails into the palms of his hands until the pain balanced the misery in his mind. Nobody would come and let him out, nobody, nobody, nobody...</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> Miserably the whole of Christmas Day went by, and the succeeding night. On the morning after Christmas, the head clerk came into the office at the usual time, opened the safe, then went on into his private office.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> Then he shaved, changed his wrinkled clothes, ate breakfast and returned to his office where him employees greeted him casually. </span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> That day he met several acquaintances and talked to his own brother. Grimly, the truth closed in on George Mason. He had vanished from human society during the great festival of brotherhood; no one had missed him at all. </span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> Reluctantly, George Mason began to think about the true meaning of Christmas. Was it possible that he had been blind all these years with selfishness, indifference, and pride? Was not giving, after all, the essence of Christmas because it marked the time God gave His son to the world? </span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> Now, once more, it was Christmas Eve. Slowly he backed out of the safe and closed it. He touched its grim steel face lightly, almost affectionately, and left the office.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> There he goes now in his black overcoat and hat, the same George Mason as a year ago. Or is it? He walks a few blocks, then flags a taxi, anxious not to be late. His nephews are expecting him to help them trim the tree. Afterwards, he is taking his brother and sister-in-law to a Christmas play. Why is he so happy? Why does this jostling against others, laden as he is with bundles, exhilarate and delight him?</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> Perhaps the card has something to do with it, the card he taped inside his office safe last New Year's Day. On the card is written, in George Mason's own hand: “To love people, to be indispensable somewhere, that is the purpose of life. That is the secret of happiness.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;">Joyful and triumphant,<br />O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem.<br />Come and behold Him,<br />Born the King of Angels;<br />O come, let us adore Him,<br />O come, let us adore Him,<br />O come, let us adore Him,<br />Christ the Lord.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> I can hear her now, the cleaning woman with her West Virginia hill country dialect, as she told it to us. Poor woman, she seemed born to hardship; she had raised her nine brothers and sisters from the time she was orphaned at twelve. Now, much of what little she could earn disappeared into the bottomless pit of her husband's alcoholism. She looked sixty; we were shocked to learn that she was thirty-four. But she had such jolly brown eyes and resilient disposition that she seemed one of the family after a few times working at our home on Saturdays. </span>
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“<span style="font-family: "santassleighfull";"><span style="font-size: large;">But thou, Bethlehem, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.” Micah 5:2</span></span><br />
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<b>Day 3:</b><a href="http://www.biblewise.com/kids/fun/coloring/wise-men.php" target="_blank">The Three Wise Men</a></div>
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<a href="http://amzn.to/1NUagWr" target="_blank">Ornament: The Three Wise Men</a></div>
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Scripture Reading: <a href="https://www.lds.org/search?domains=scriptures&lang=eng&query=matthew+2%3A7-11" target="_blank">Matthew 2:7-11</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> Wally was nine that year and in the second grade, though he should have been in the fourth. Most people in town knew that he had difficulty in keeping up. He was big and clumsy, slow in movement and mind. Still, Wally was well liked by the other children in his class, all of whom were smaller than he, though the boys had trouble hiding their irritation when Wally would ask to play ball with them, or any game, for that matter, in which winning was important. </span>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> Most often they'd find a way to keep him out, but Wally would hang around anyway—not sulking, just hoping. He was always a helpful boy, a willing and smiling one, and the natural protector of the underdog. Sometimes if the older boys chased the younger ones away, it would always be Wally who'd say, “Can't they stay? They're no bother.” </span>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> Wally fancied the idea of being a shepherd with a flute in the Christmas pageant that year, but the play's directory, Miss Lumbard, assigned him to a more important role. After all, she reasoned, the Innkeeper did not have too many lines and Wally's size would make his refusal of lodging to Joseph more forceful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> And so it happened that the usual large, partisan audience gathered for the town's yearly extravaganza of beards, crowns, halos, and a whole stage full of squeaky voices. No one on stage or off was more caught up in the magic of the night than Wallace Purling. They said later that he stood in the wings and watched the performance with such fascination that from time to time Miss Lumbard had to make sure he didn't wander on stage before his cue.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> Then the time came when Joseph appeared, slowly, tenderly guiding Mary to the door of the inn. Joseph knocked hard on the wooden door set into the painted backdrop. Wally the Innkeeper was there, waiting. </span>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"> “Please, good innkeeper, this is my wife, Mary. She is heavy with child and needs a place to rest. Surely you must have some small corner for her. She is so tired.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;">O little town of Bethlehem<br />How still we see thee lie<br />Above thy deep and dreamless sleep<br />The silent stars go by<br />Yet in thy dark streets shineth<br />The everlasting Light<br />The hopes and fears of all the years<br />Are met in thee tonight</span></span></div>
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<b>Day 2:</b> <a href="http://www.biblewise.com/kids/fun/coloring/angels-telling.php?vm=r&s=1" target="_blank">Announcement to the Shepherds</a></div>
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The first Noel the angel did say</div>
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Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay,</div>
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In fields where they lay keeping their sheep</div>
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On a cold winter's night that was so deep.</div>
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Noel, Noel, Noel!</div>
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Born is the King of Israel!</div>
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They looked up and saw a star</div>
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Shining in the East beyond them far,</div>
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And to the earth, it gave great light,</div>
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And so it continued both day and night.</div>
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Noel, Noel, Noel!</div>
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Born is the King of Israel!</div>
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For Unto Us a Savior is Born</div>
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Mary, The Mother of Jesus</div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>By The Brothers Grimm</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> Once upon a time, there was a poor shoemaker. He made excellent shoes and worked quite diligently, but even so, he could not earn enough to support himself and his family. He became so poor that he could not even afford to buy the leather he needed to make shoes; finally, he had only enough to make one last pair. He cut them out with great care and put the pieces on his workbench so that he could sew them together the following morning.</b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> “Now, I wonder,” he signed, “will I ever make another pair of shoes? Once I've sold this pair I shall need all the money to buy food for my family. I will not be able to buy any new leather.”</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> That night, the shoemaker went to bed a sad and distraught man. </b></span></span></span>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> The next morning, he awoke early and went down to his workshop. On his bench, he found an exquisite pair of shoes! They had small and even stitches, formed so perfectly that he knew he couldn't have produced a better pair himself. Upon close examination, the shoes proved to be made from the very pieces of leather he had set out the night before. He immediately put the fine pair of shoes in the window of his shop and drew back the blinds. </b></span></span></span>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> “Who in the world could have done this service for me?” he asked himself. Even before he could make up an answer, a rich man strode into his shop and bought the shoes—and for a fancy price. </b></span></span></span>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> The shoemaker was ecstatic; he immediately went out and purchased plenty of food for his family—and some more leather. That afternoon he cut out two pairs of shoes and just as before, laid all the pieces on his bench so that he could sew them the next day. Then he went upstairs to enjoy a good meal with his family. </b></span></span></span>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> “My goodness!” he cried the next morning when he found two pairs of beautifully finished shoes on his workbench. “Who could make such fine shoes—and so quickly?” He put them in his shop window, and before long some wealthy people came in and paid a great deal of money for them. The happy shoemaker went right out and bought even more leather.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> For weeks, and then months, this continued. Whether the shoemaker cut two pairs or four pairs, the fine new shoes were always ready the next morning. Soon his small shop was crowded with customers. He cut out many types of shoes: stiff boots lined with fur, delicate slippers for dancers, walking shoes for ladies, tiny shoes for children. Soon his shoes had bows and laces and buckles of fine silver. The little shop prospered as never before, and its proprietor was soon a rich man himself. His family wanted nothing. </b></span></span></span>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> As the shoemaker and his wife sat by the fire one night, he said, “One of these days, I shall learn who has been helping us.”</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> “We could hide behind the cupboard in your workroom,” she said. “That way, we would find out just who your helpers are.” And that is just what they did. That evening, when the clock struck twelve, the shoemaker and his wife heard a noise. Two tiny men, each with a bag of tools, were squeezing beneath a crack under the door. Oddest of all, the two elves were stark naked!</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> The two men clambered onto the workbench and began working. Their little hands stitched and their little hammers tapped ceaselessly the whole night through.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> “They are so small! And they make beautiful shoes in no time at all!” the shoemaker whispered to his wife as dawn rose. (Indeed, the elves were about the size of his own needles.)</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> “Quiet!” his wife answered. “See how they are cleaning up now.” And in an instant, the two elves had disappeared beneath the door.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> The next day, the shoemaker's wife said, “Those little elves have done so much good for us. Since it is nearly Christmas, we should make some gifts for them.”</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> “Yes!” cried the shoemaker. “I'll make some boots that will fit them, and you make some clothes.” They worked until dawn. On Christmas Eve the presents were laid out upon the workbench: two tiny jackets, two pair of trousers, two small pair of boots, and two little woolen caps. They also left out a plate of good things to eat and drink. Then they hid once again behind the cupboard and waited to see what would happen.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> Just as before, the elves appeared at the stroke of midnight. They jumped onto the bench to begin their work, but when they saw all the presents they began to laugh and shout with joy. They tried on all the clothes, then helped themselves to the food and drink. Then they jumped down, danced excitedly around the workroom, and disappeared beneath the door.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> After Christmas, the shoemaker cut out his leather as he always had—but the two elves never returned. “I believe they may have heard us whispering,” his wife said. “Elves are so very shy when it comes to people, you know.”</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> “I know I will miss their help,” the shoemaker said, “but we will manage. The shop is always so busy now. But my stitches will never be as tight and small as theirs!”</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> That shoemaker did indeed continue to prosper, but he and his family always remembered the good elves who had helped them during the hard times. And each and every Christmas Eve from that year onward, they gathered around the fire to drink a toast to their tiny friends. </b></span></span></span>
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