im curious. Is he Real? Or was he ever?
2006-12-21 15:24:38 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
VIRGINIA, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical 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 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 eternal light 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 they 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 man that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, 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 he lives forever. A thousand years from now, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.
2006-12-21 15:28:00 · answer #1 · answered by dudeman 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Merry Christmas
2006-12-21 15:29:09 · answer #2 · answered by rain ;';';';'; 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sorry to break it to you but no, he's not. Seriously, I heard he was made up from a jolly man resembling the Santa we know now. He was called Saint Nicholas. I think the Germans amde Santa for business purposes...
2006-12-21 15:30:35 · answer #3 · answered by Baba 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes and no.
Yes- There was a saint called St. Nicholas and he was famous for giving toys to childern.
No- The santa that is commercialized and that comes down your chimmeny isn't real, I learned that the hard way. :)
2006-12-21 15:31:21 · answer #4 · answered by sabrinashakedownn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
santa claus is a character based on the actual saint nicholas who was a priest who gave poor children small gifts to represent the gifts brought to jesus at his birth. he took care of hundreds of children through his lifetime.
2006-12-21 15:27:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes he's as real as mom and dad, cause that's who work their bun off so that u will have all the thing u want!!!!
2006-12-21 15:34:07 · answer #6 · answered by Kas-O 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes he is real i saw hi a few times putting presents under my tree for my kids. i did not believe when i was a kid so i never got anything.
2006-12-21 15:43:47 · answer #7 · answered by blackrealty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saint Nick was suppose to of lived.
no santa.
2006-12-21 15:28:15 · answer #8 · answered by robert p 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Come on. haven't you read or heard. "The Night Before Christmas"?! On Christmas Eve maybe you'll hear his bell jingle.
2006-12-21 15:28:49 · answer #9 · answered by Artsy 1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was gana say no but after reading dudeman's answer I believe . Wow great answer man.
2006-12-21 15:36:58 · answer #10 · answered by vpcustoms 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋