Is Santa Claus real???

Question

Ahem, of course, he's not. He's just a made up story. But what I don't understand is why do adults pretend he's real? Doesn't this make them out of touch from reality?

Just asking.

Answer 1

He was real when people's age from 1 ~ 10 years old
After that period, He doesn't even show up anymore....

Answer 2

Actually, Santa Claus is based on a real person.

Santa Claus is a variation of a European folk tale based on the historical figure Saint Nicholas, a bishop from the region that is now present-day Turkey, who gave presents to the poor. This inspired the mythical figure of Sinterklaas, the subject of a major celebration in the Netherlands and Belgium, Germany (where his alleged date of death, December 6, is celebrated the evening before on December 5), which in turn inspired both the myth and the name of Santa Claus (actually a mispronunciation of the Dutch word "Sinterklaas" by the English settlers of New Amsterdam (later renamed New York)), in those countries Saint Nicholas is celebrated as a distinct character with a religious touch, Santa Claus is also celebrated on Christmas eve.

Answer 3

I totally think Santa Clause is real, just not in the sense of a "real" human being living at the north pole coming down the chimney on xmas eve. He is real in the hearts of the adults who believe. In every person who goes a little out of thier way every year at xmas time to make life just a tiny bit easier for someone else. Last year we had a fire and things were really hard for us financially since we did'nt have apartment insurance. We lost our residence and most of our belongings. The whole thing was very costly. However, we discovered that there are tons of places here in our town filled with people who annoymously donate goods or adopt families for the holidays and provide meals and gifts for your children when you can't do it yourself. Those are the real Santa's and w/ out them he would have flew right over our house last year, and try explaining that one to a 2 1/2 year old. So yes I believe Santa is real, just in a different way then one might expect. Hope that helps!!

Answer 4

Dear Editor---
I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus?

Virginia O'Hanlon

Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the scepticism of a sceptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's or children's, are little. In this great universe of ours, man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The external light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.

Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies. You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if you did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.

You tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived could tear apart. Only faith, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.

No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives and lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay 10 times 10,000 years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood

Answer 5

Dear Editor

I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus.
Papa says, "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus?"

Virginia O'Hanlon

Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's or children's, are little. In this great universe of ours, man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The external light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.

Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies. You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if you did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.

You tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived could tear apart. Only faith, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding. No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives and lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay 10 times 10,000 years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.

Answer 6

I honestly do not believe telling kids to believe Santa is real is harmless enough. Although it is probably not typical, but some children feel deceived and betrayed by their parents when they find out that Santa is not real. Children trust their parents to tell them the truth, and it is the parents' responsibility not to break this trust.

Lies we tell our kids when we encourage them to believe in Santa Claus:

1) Universal knowledge of each and every child and their activities throughout the year. "He knows if you are sleeping. Knows when you're awake. Knows if you have been bad or good..."
2) Santa defies natural laws. He violates the laws of gravity.
3) Goes around the world in one evening
4) Carries all the presents of the world in his sleigh
5) Has 8 reindeer who fly
6) Has elves in the north pole making presents
7) Santa slides down a chimney even though he is so big

Lies after lies after lies. Fine, let children be children. Just don't lie to them.

Answer 7

When i was little at Christmas time it was the best because my mom and the rest of my family would tell me and my cousins all kind of stories about Santa ,of course we didn't believe it but it fun thinking about that. I think it was really for the adults, I mean how else they were gonna get their children to be good most of the year for Santa can them something. You know I"m saying

Answer 8

St.Nick was a real person once, a long time ago.He was a priest who would give out presents to the poor in the middle of the night.One night,some people saw him put money through the window of somebody's home, so they followed him and they caught him.He became a saint.

The Germans made up flying reindeer,elves,and a fat red jacketed Santa.Once there was a time when the rich would have Christmas with the poor.Later on, the rich became stingy and didn't want the dirty poor in their houses,so they started putting little sacks of money through the poor people's windows.

Answer 9

I'm srry if I crush your dreams but Santa isn't real! When I was little I thought he was but then, one night I went to get a drink at 9:30 at night ( obvious I was awake the legend is he doesn't come till your asleep!) I saw my parents puttingt the presents under the tree and my dad said so is that it or do we have more to rap. But it was fun thinking he was real while it lasted! And as many other ppl said SAint Nick is real! He is based pon a gut who would go out every December 25, and would give presents to orphans!

Answer 10

My sister came up with the best answer I've ever heard when my Nephew asked her about Santa, she told him that Santa was so busy that he asked her to get the Christmas gifts and send him the bills.. Of course my Nephew was only 2 at the time..So in answer to your question yes there is a Santa

Answer 11

Well...they do it for the kids. They want the kids to have lots of fun putting out the cookies and milk for "Santa Claus" and it is tradition for adults to act like "Santa Claus" is real. Its all for the children.