honest opinions...and if you have any beliefs...please share
no haters or people making fun of me or other people..
Personally I still think he may exist
2007-11-23 13:51:11 · 25 answers · asked by Steph 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9780771015328&itm=8
This is a great book. He exists in everyone who believes in him, anyone who gives a gift, a little Xmas magic. He is a spirit of the holiday and brings out a lot of good in people. Always believe in Santa
Happy Holidays!
2007-11-23 15:37:59 · answer #1 · answered by M 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Santa Claus tradition comes from Nicholas Claus the Bishop of Ulm in Germany hundreds of years ago. This real person was also mixed as time went by with the ancient psuedo-pagan mythical figure of Father Christmas. Nicholas of Ulm used to pass out gifts to poor kids at Christmas from a horse drawn sleigh. He was cannonized (made a saint)after his death by the Catholic church.
Santa Claus is real because he was already declared a saint. Therefore, if he is a saint, he can perform miracles such as giving gifts to a mass number of good children
2007-11-24 07:36:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is a very old letter, written to a newspaper and answered by Francis Church, newspaperman, but I think it is the very best answer to your question.
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 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 eternal 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 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 may 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, 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, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.
2007-11-23 23:34:09 · answer #3 · answered by Isadora 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Santa Claus, also known as Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, or simply "Santa" is a historical, legendary and mythological character associated with bringing gifts on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. Saint Nicholas of Myra is the primary inspiration for the Christian figure of Santa Claus. He was a 4th century Christian bishop of Myra in Lycia, a province of the Byzantine Anatolia, now in Turkey. Nicholas was famous for his generous gifts to the poor, in particular presenting the three impoverished daughters of a pious Christian with dowries so that they would not have to become prostitutes. He was very religious from an early age and devoted his life entirely to Christianity.
2007-11-23 23:11:05 · answer #4 · answered by Rachelle_of_Shangri_La 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
i belive that santa is a symbol that pepole use to spred the joy of christmas and cristmas spirit to adaults and especially children and the reason it makes a bigger impact on children is because it spreads the message to be good to evryone through out the holliday season and then they will be rewarded for there kindness and good deed through a gift from santa. so in other words santa is just a symbol to help keep peace on earth and teach children kindness durring jessus birthday.
2007-11-23 23:15:43 · answer #5 · answered by John M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe in the spirit of giving, which Santa represents. He exists in our behavior and hearts.
2007-11-23 21:53:46 · answer #6 · answered by American Spirit 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that you should believe in santa, I believe in santa and I get a present from him every year. I think that he is awesome to give out free presents. Merry Christmas!
2007-11-23 22:02:59 · answer #7 · answered by Pink Puppies 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He is based after Saint Nicholas, he did exist and now exists in spirit.
2007-11-23 22:02:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
santa definetly exists, and forget about anyone that doesn't or that makes fun of us people that have true common sense and believe!!!!
stick with what you believe in
2007-11-23 21:55:03 · answer #9 · answered by grendzinski6@sbcglobal.net 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
first of all how old are you
and no i do not believe in santa
i caught mom at age 4 putting my presents under the tree
he never ate the cookies or drank the milk i put out
the chimney was locked that night cause it was too windy
my stockings were empty in the morning
do you still believe in him?
2007-11-23 21:54:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋