“Latter-day Saints have always been the greatest advocates of
the Christmas spirit; nay, they have shocked and alarmed the world by insisting
on recognizing as a real power what the world prefers to regard as a pretty
sentiment. Where the seasonal and formal aspect of Christmas is everything, it
becomes a hollow mockery. If men really want what they say they do, we have it;
but faced with accepting a real Savior who has really spoken with men, they
draw back, nervous and ill at ease.
“In the end, lights, tinsel, and sentimentality are safer, but a
sense of possibilities still rankles, so to that we all continue to appeal. For
by celebrating Christmas the world serves notice that it is still looking for
the gospel.” (Hugh Nibley, “The Christmas Quest”)
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