“Even though events and circumstances in the world at times become discouraging, our task, not alone in the Christmas season but always, is to be of good cheer. The Lord so often counsels us to have cheerfulness in our lives. ‘And now, verily I say unto you, and what I say unto one I say unto all, be of good cheer, little children; for I am in your midst, and I have not forsaken you.’ (D&C 61:36.)... The Lord will be in our midst, he will be with us and stand by us and lead us.”

Spencer W. Kimball, Tambuli, Dec 1977, 1