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2006-12-24 11:13:08 · 17 answers · asked by Danielle ™ 3 in Society & Culture Mythology & Folklore

17 answers

No

2006-12-24 11:15:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4 0

Hi,
Below is a copy of a letter published in the New York Sun in 1897.
If you prefer, you can listen to it here:
http://www.noradsanta.org/en/ishereal.php

Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus
Editorial Page, New York Sun, 1897

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!!!!

2006-12-24 19:48:47 · answer #2 · answered by Chris 2 · 0 0

Of course he is. Who else could think of all the things that you love and find the time to wrap and deliver them? Who else would dress so badly in a red and white suit other than Santa? I sure wouldn't wear it!

And who eats the cookies and drinks the milk in the middle of the night if it isn't Santa? And haven't you heard the prancing and pawing of each little hoof and he lands on the roof.

Remember he knows when your good, so be good for goodness sake!

2006-12-24 19:28:25 · answer #3 · answered by auburn 7 · 0 0

If you believe Santa to be real then Santa is real for you.

2006-12-24 19:22:22 · answer #4 · answered by ikareoke2 2 · 0 0

After the tooth fairy and I were argueing about it. The Easter Bunny walked in and told me so!

2006-12-24 19:22:22 · answer #5 · answered by sk20007623 3 · 0 0

Of course he is !! I see him at the mall every year having his picture taken with hundreds of kids !

2006-12-24 19:29:56 · answer #6 · answered by Pixie 4 · 0 0

Yes, He will come down your chimney tonight to drop of your presents :)

2006-12-24 19:19:56 · answer #7 · answered by You Lames! 6 · 0 0

Ofcourse he is why do you think NORAD tracks him every year if you wanna check it out go to norad.mil

2006-12-24 19:24:34 · answer #8 · answered by LaxDman 2 · 0 0

dont know your age dont really care,no matter what age you are,YES THERE REALLY IS A SANTA CLAUS!!!!
and drugs r bad mmmmkay!!!

2006-12-24 19:22:46 · answer #9 · answered by diva_in_phx420 aka ladyunicorn420 2 · 0 0

yes

2006-12-26 12:18:11 · answer #10 · answered by myangel_101211 7 · 0 0

yes

2006-12-24 19:15:39 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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