Answer 5th Day Christmas Past: Young President Monson gave his friend (who had nothing to eat) the only thing he had, his pet rabbits. He told him to take them home for his Christmas dinner and that the rabbits tasted good like turkey and chicken. Even as a young boy he was already coming to the rescue! Congrats to 5th Day drawing winner, Kimberlee Skelton, who won a Nauvoo Temple plate! Please contact MHA office 801-272-5601 or info@mormonheritage.com within 30 days to arrange for how to receive your prize. Thank you everyone for your insights on both FB and our blog. The Story still available on yesterday’s Question website blog...
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On the 5th Day of Christmas Past, the question is to be – Question: When Thomas S. Monson was a child, how did he answer his friend when he was asked, “What does turkey taste like?” To be entered into today’s daily giveaway & FREE tour drawing- Read the story; “Comment” & “Share” your answer on Facebook or our blog. “What Does Turkey Taste Like?” One Christmas time, while young Thomas S. Monson and his family were in the middle of making preparations for a big turkey dinner, his friend asked a startling question: “What does turkey taste like?” Thomas told him that it tasted like chicken, but then he realized that his unfortunate friend had never tasted either one. Not only that, there was nothing in his house from which to prepare a Christmas dinner. “I pondered a solution,” Pres. Monson said. “There was none. I had no turkeys, no chickens, no money. Then I remembered I did have two pet rabbits. Immediately I took my friend by the hand and rushed to the rabbit hutch, placed the rabbits in a box, and handed the box to him with the comment, ‘Here, take these two rabbits. They’re good to eat – just like chicken.’ “He took the box, climbed the fence, and headed for home, a Christmas dinner safely assured. Tears came easily to me as I closed the door to the empty rabbit hutch. But I was not sad. A warmth, a feeling of indescribable joy filled my heart. It was a memorable Christmas.” What is something that was hard for you to give up but brought joy? Is there something hard now you should give up and would be better off? Taken from: Laura Willes, Christmas with the Prophets, p....
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Answer 4th Day Christmas Past: She hid her newly prized Christmas doll in the stove’s oven where her brother couldn’t get it. It was unknowingly burned to a crisp. Congrats to 4th Day drawing winner, Lacey Edstrom, who won an olive wood nativity scene hand carving from Israel and Bedouin hand-stitched wall hanging! Please contact MHA office 801-272-5601 or info@mormonheritage.com within 30 days to arrange for how to receive your prize. Thank you everyone for your insights on both FB and our blog. The Story still available on yesterday’s Question website blog...
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On the FOURTH DAY of Christmas Past, the QUESTION is to be – 4. When a pioneer girl received an extra special gift where did she hide it for safekeeping? To be entered into today’s daily giveaway & FREE tour drawing- Read the story; “Comment” & “Share” your answer on Facebook or our blog. “For Christmas, a beloved aunt from Provo had sent my mother, Lucy Potter Blackham, a beautiful doll dressed in a taffeta gown. This gift was so much prized to her that every child in town knew about it long before daylight Christmas morning as it was the custom to go from one house to another calling “Christmas Gift,” and see what the other children had received. Her beautiful doll was a great curiosity, especially to her baby brother who wanted it badly. To hush his cries and to keep her new treasure safe she searched for the perfect place to hide it for safekeeping. The oven! This was guaranteed the best spot as her baby brother was not allowed anywhere near it! So she hid the doll in the oven of their old-fashioned stove feeling very proud of herself and went on her way to pay some friendly calls to see what others had received for Christmas. Meanwhile at home, her father having just finished farm chores and very cold, made a big fire in the stove to get everything nice and toasty. Not much later Lucy returned home to find a strange smell and a very uninviting warm home! Her precious gift, the doll, had been burned! Her Christmas went from one of envy to that of despair. She said she knew it was her punishment from the Lord for being selfish with her baby brother when they found the doll in the oven burned to a crisp. She mourned for two weeks over the loss of the beautiful doll.” Where was your favorite hiding spot as a child? Taken from: Susan A. Madsen, Christmas a Joyful Heritage – p. 52 Kate B. Carter, Treasures of Pioneer History 3 – p. 143-44 from Mella Morley...
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Answer 3rd Day Christmas Past: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow composed a poem used in “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day”. His poem describes his journey from suffering many tragedies like losing his wife, to a restored faith and trust in God when his son’s life was spared miraculously after a serious war wound. Congrats to 3rd Day drawing winner, Betty Bringhurst, who won an olive wood Holy Family hand carving from Israel and a Nauvoo Angel Moroni ornament! Please contact MHA office 801-272-5601 or info@mormonheritage.com within 30 days to arrange for how to receive your prize. Thank you everyone for your insights on both FB and our blog. The Story still available on yesterday’s Question website blog...
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