If you have the brilliant idea that part 2 of the FHE Christmas lesson would make a wonderful Christmas Sacrament meeting program because it's full of singing spiritual songs, reading brief scriptural accounts, short testimonies, and wouldn't subject anyone to the stress of preparing a talk or the congregation of having to sit through a long talk; you may want to rethink your plans to give a copy of it to the Bishopric Counselor who assigns Sacrament Meeting talks.
Don't be surprised if he chooses not follow this program and three weeks later, he assigns you to be the main speaker on that particular Sunday. Furthermore, don't be surprised if your dear friend who does the Sacrament Meeting programs warns you that you won't have much time to speak because there's also a youth speaker, a congregational hymn, a scripture reading, and 3 choir songs; and then you still have 20 minutes to speak as the concluding speaker. (Which, as you know, is never a problem for this long-winded lady.) After listening to and singing all that inspiring music, don't be surprised if your husband reports this statement from your son:
"Wow. Mom set a new record. She cried in the first 10 seconds of her talk."
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