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"My faith is something that has helped me grow as a person and has helped me flourish under a certain set of...standards that help to kind of figure out who I am, as I'm growing it helps me have something to cling to as I grow, as I learn," Lexi Walker told BYU-Idaho Radio. "It's been one of the greatest parts of my life for sure."

"[We hope that those who attend come] to know the true meaning of the season and I think that's what kind of our main focus is, is people really get together as a community...spirit of Christmas, spirit of love, I mean love your neighbor, love everyone, that's kind of what it comes down to," the event organizers told BYU-Idaho Radio.

"It just had everything that Rexburg needs," the director told BYU-Idaho Radio. "It was funny, it was lighthearted, it was squeaky clean and it was affordable for us as a community theater group to be able to produce."

"During WWII, [Iceland] had an extreme shortage of shipping like presents and goods and things...and they started something different for Christmas Eve where everybody would receive a book of Christmas Eve and then after your festivities, everyone would get to read this book...one of the biggest items that sell are books...we think it's a real fun thing for people to give books and to read all through the Christmas season."

The Church is making efforts to move forward its efforts in welfare across the world and veil.

Will you play "See or Skip" for movies that are coming out this month?

This is The Spot, a production from BYU-Idaho Radio, where we talk about what you’re talking about at BYU-Idaho. This episode‘s hosts are Myles Primm, Sydney Jensen and Dale Spaulding.

This episode, we talk about a bunch of new movies coming out in December, and if we'll see or skip them this holiday!

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"Take some time to ponder on and ask yourself the following question: Who are you? - That might just bethe most powerful question ever asked," Brother Gary Larsen, Chair of the Theater and Dance Department at BYU-Idaho said in his devotional. "And the answer to that question might just be the most powerful bit of knowledge you can gain. It is the bedrock of an eternal perspective."

"I know we live in a place where our winters are harsh and their cold and just the thought of anyone, whether it's a child, an adult or anyone having to bear our winters without proper outdoor gear, it just breaks my heart," Anna Smith, Managing Partner for Signature Party Rentals, told BYU-Idaho Radio. "Just the idea that through something rather simple for us, that we can really impact someone's life through something as simple as a good winter coat, it makes us happy to be part of this community and happy to give back."

"It just tells the story of these people who have gone to war, those who have stayed home, just what it's like," Brianna Holbrook, a junior at Rigby High School, told BYU-Idaho Radio.

Her senior project involved putting on a full production of the play, "The Price of Freedom," in honor of those who have served and serve, just ahead of Pearl Harbor Day.

"Think about your life as an integrated whole...understand who you are, where you've come from and where you're going."