Hello, friends, and welcome to a very special episode of the Latter Day Lives podcast.

This is our Christmas special a few weeks ago, and for the past few weeks, we've asked you to submit your thoughts and stories about Christmas.

And we just got some wonderful submissions that I'm very excited to share with you today.

All of the music you're going to hear today is from our dear friend, Garth Smith, and I want to thank him. Garth has become a good friend

since I was able to interview him a while back, and he's got this incredible album, which is

called A Sacred Christmas. It's available iTunes or wherever you stream

your music or at garthsmithmusic.com. If you want to buy the CD, it's the most beautiful

Christmas album. So all the music you'll hear is from our dear friend, Garth Smith. And everything

we're going to read today is from you, our listeners.

And thank you again to those of you who took the time to submit your thoughts and stories on this

beautiful holiday. And so without any further ado, here is our Christmas special.

Music Here is our Christmas special.

Listener Ruth Ann Kerr writes,

As this Christmas season was approaching, I wanted to be sure I had a Christ-centered Christmas.

Each year I like to buy a few new ornaments for my tree.

As I stood in the craft store looking at all the ornaments, I looked for a manger,

a small nativity, or even a star, but no luck. And then I saw it. A little lamb, white, and without blemish. I knew I had to have it. As I reached for the little lamb, tears filled my eyes.

I thought about the Savior, the Lamb of God. I also thought about the little lambs that may have been

present in the stable, that sacred night. May we each remember the true meaning of Christmas,

this year and every year.

Our next story is from my friend Ken Williams, who was a guest on the show. You may remember

him talking about using cakes to minister. He wrote me and said he completely forgot about a book

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