2006-12-28 02:12:05 · 22 answers · asked by asha v 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Santa Claus, also known as Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, or simply Santa, is a symbolic gift-giving person, who is based on the historical Saint Nicholas, who distributes presents to sleeping children and adults who have been "good (nice)" all year and coal to those who have been "bad (naughty)" all year; traditionally during the night of December 24, Christmas Eve. Santa Claus is an eminent character in the hearts and minds of millions of children and adults around the world who believe in him.
2006-12-28 02:22:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
"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.
"115 WEST NINETY-FIFTH STREET."
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.
2006-12-28 10:20:44 · answer #2 · answered by Gary D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no Santa Claus doesn't exists because it is your parents who make up stories and tell you that Santa Claus exists well the the thing they do is that they buy gifts for you but they don't tell you and when you wake up in the morning you get a surprise and you will still not no whether it is your parents or Santa Claus who gave the gift towards you.
2006-12-28 10:22:30 · answer #3 · answered by aronkishore15 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I do not think that Santa Claus exists
2006-12-28 10:24:12 · answer #4 · answered by Shortie 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Theoretically . . . if Santa Claus did not exist, you wouldn't be asking this question. Therefore Santa Claus does exist.
2006-12-28 10:22:19 · answer #5 · answered by briardan 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Saint Nicholas, upon whom Santa Claus is based, existed.
2006-12-28 21:07:03 · answer #6 · answered by Sidewinder 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The military has actually detected unexplained lights and infared heat sources from an uncharted and seemingly uninhabitable area of the Northern Polar Region. I'm not kidding.
2006-12-28 10:20:47 · answer #7 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes.
He tours off season throughout the midwest with Bigfoot and the Easter Bunny.
2006-12-28 10:14:17 · answer #8 · answered by Trollbuster 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Absolutely!! Didn't you see him at the mall. and there are all kinds of television shows about him. I mean, where would Rudolph be without Santa. C'mon now, of coarse he exists.
2006-12-28 11:06:34 · answer #9 · answered by geeves 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Of course he does. Didn't he leave you lots of cool presents this year? Santa exsits, and so does his magic. You just have to believe.
2006-12-28 10:15:17 · answer #10 · answered by sos_sweet 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋