Marvelous is the chronicle that began with the singing of angels at Bethlehem and ended on Golgotha’s cruel cross. There is no other life to compare with His life.

“This is the wondrous and true story of Christmas,” says Gordon B. Hinckley, concluding his memorable address at the First Presidency Christmas Devotional in 1994.

The first gift wasn’t wrapped, had no bow, wasn’t purchased online, or in a store. The first gift of Christmas was a simple gift, a sacred gift. It wasn’t gold, or frankincense, or myrrh. It was a gift of love.

“The spirit of Christmas illuminates the picture window of the soul,” says Thomas S. Monson in this early Mormon Messages video, “when we look out upon the world's busy life and become more interested in people than in things.”