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Show I The month of Dec embe r , 1877 , was a ve r y pl easant period ; the weather was warm and t he approaching holiday s eas on brought.many happy r ecoll e c't ions t o the r e 'turned j iissi on a ry . JP inall y , Chr i stmas Day arr ive ~ and wi th i t s adven t came the f i rst snow oi the sea s on . Ever yth ing on the ou 'tside was dec or ated a beau't i f ul white and in the happy. I t was the fi rst t ime i n three years t ha t the Yul eti de wi th his loved one s . "Sant a Claus v i s i t ed our h ome l a s t n i ght and brought a suppl y of candy , doll s , and nuts t·or our lit tle ones . " Although an invitation had. been ex t ended t o the Morgan !"Clmily to have di nner a t the home o±· John 1\ . Groesbeck , it was felt that gr eater en j oyment coul d be nad in 'the s oc i e t y of h i s beloved wi f e and littl e ones, wh i ch 1:1t tha t t i me consisted o ~ t wo li't tle g i r l s : Hel en Me l vina and Eliza Ann . Fr om Chris t mas Day until the end of De cembe r , he s pen t co ns i derabl e t ime in writing letters and vi s iting with f riends and r el a t ive s . on one occasion he had an extended in terview with Pr es i dent Taylor and a numoe r oi· 'the Twelve Ap ostles dur ing wh ich he emphasized t he importance of the Uormon ,Jii gr a t ion i nto IJew Mexico and Ari zona . on Sunday even ing , December 30 t h , he sp oke , on i nvita't ion , to a l arge congre gation i n the 6t h war d Assembly Hall. Hew Yea r rs Eve was cold and clea r . A f oot of sn ow had covered • t he ground ; sleigh ing pa r t ies and j i ngling sleigh bells f i l led the air with j oyous sound s . And i n his h ome , surround ed by h i s l i 'ttle fam ily , in pea ce!ul s eren i 'ty , J ohn lv1:0rgan thanked his maker f or imnumera ble bless i n gs t ha't were his as t he old ye a r of l b77 made i ts ex i t end t he New Yea r made i t s entrance . New Yearrs Day ot 1878 was very pl easant in the Ior gan h ome. It was t he !'ir s t time si nce 18 74 , 'that he had be en privileged to e nj oy t h is h oliday surrounded by his loved ones and to hmm i 't was a joyful |
