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2006-12-20 01:14:52 · 12 answers · asked by uknowunvbri 1 in Society & Culture Holidays Christmas

12 answers

No he isn't...He is just made up.

2006-12-20 01:20:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Editorial Page, New York Sun, 1897

We take pleasure in answering thus prominently the communication below, expressing at the same time our great gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends of The Sun:

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 sceptical age. They do not believe except what 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.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!!

2006-12-20 01:27:31 · answer #2 · answered by JustZoe 2 · 1 0

Saint Nickolaus was a real person and his life's works is what a modern day santa is based on and then the magic is added.
When we lose the child within us we lose so very much. The magic of life and all it's wonders is soon covered over with trapping of work and dissapointments, just to name a few.
To dance in the rain and make snow angels, to let a snow flakes melt on our tongue and set cookies out for Santa, to let the child in each of us free-that is what part of believing in Santa is all about.

2006-12-20 01:34:23 · answer #3 · answered by dragon 5 · 1 0

Of course, Santa is real. All you have to do is "Believe". It is when we stop believing that Santa is no longer in our lives. Just "Believe" and Santa will be a part of your life.

2006-12-20 01:26:52 · answer #4 · answered by soar 3 · 0 0

Hey Cheer Chic,
I am 12 going on 13 years old. All of my friends say he's not real but I still believe. Last year I got a Mushroom Chair and we don't have a lot of money so I think he's real! Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year!!!!!

2006-12-21 08:51:17 · answer #5 · answered by Freshy - Smlies 1 · 0 0

i agree with the one about saint nicolus being a real person. it is true... but no santa isn't real. but it is to kids and we want little kids to have fun with believing in them... i stoped believing when i was like 7 or 8.. but i was scared of the mall santa so maybe that's why... i found out it was my parents who was santa... one year me and my bro left out cookies and beer(with a glass) to just have fun but we didn't believe in santa when we did.. we did it just for fun

2006-12-20 02:30:15 · answer #6 · answered by Gothic Girl 4 · 0 0

Yes, Cheer Chic, there is a Santa Clause.

2006-12-20 01:33:35 · answer #7 · answered by yancychipper 6 · 1 0

Ask Virginia, Haven't you read the true article called"Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Clause?" Google it, You'll like it

2006-12-20 01:23:45 · answer #8 · answered by impromptu_57 4 · 0 0

of course he is! do you want coal? have you been bad this year?
is that why you are hoping no Santa? lol

2006-12-20 02:14:23 · answer #9 · answered by BuddhaDaddy 5 · 0 0

He is real to those people that want to keep the Christmas spirit alive.

2006-12-20 01:21:40 · answer #10 · answered by ♥ purrlvr ♥ 6 · 0 0

Yes, to all that believe...are you a believer?Hope so, Merry Christmas.....

2006-12-20 03:33:37 · answer #11 · answered by Maw-Maw 7 · 0 0

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