OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL FER SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS VOLUME DECEMBER NUMBER COVER STORY THE TRUE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS By John Nixon It was a typical New York City night in October The cold of encroaching winter pinched between the gaps in our clothes The commercialism signaling the Yuletide season was beginning Already advertisers were urging the public to beat the Christmas rush by shopping early There were hints of the holiday in radio