who believes in santa claus
2007-11-30 03:26:45 · 29 answers · asked by lanyon 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Mrs Claus
2007-11-30 03:29:20 · answer #1 · answered by ORC 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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
Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except 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.
2007-11-30 11:29:02 · answer #2 · answered by Benny 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Funny you should mention that...
The idea of Santa is a lovely, magical one....
The reality is the commercialism that has now been attached to Santa as well as it is used a weapon...the whole be good or else thing. It is also the first lie that parents instill in their children.
I don't perpetuate the Santa myth with my 4 year old, but I don't disprove it or correct others when they pursue it. My husband is big into Santa....My mom takes him to see Santa....I love the fact that my son has no idea that he is supposed to ask Santa for gifts and that Santa cares how many timeouts he has.
I believe that magical things happen and I guess that leaves room for Santa to appear.....
2007-11-30 11:39:28 · answer #3 · answered by penydred 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the original of the myth, St. Nicholas? Yes. He's as historical a figure as George Washington.
In the gentle myth which delights children of all ages each Christmas? Yes. He's a part of the soul, the hope that each of us cherishes that maybe this time it'll be better.
God bless Santa Claus!
2007-11-30 11:37:11 · answer #4 · answered by Granny Annie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am Santa Claus. Just ask my kids, grandkids, Mastercharge,....
2007-11-30 11:29:21 · answer #5 · answered by Lionheart ® 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My kids I hope.
I get them to leave a tenner each for Santa and a bottle of scotch and an apple for the reindeer every year.
2007-11-30 11:31:02 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I do. It is a fact: Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra punched the heretic Arius in the nose at the First Council of Nicea. I have no reason to doubt his holy life or his dedication to Christ.
2007-11-30 11:30:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
When was the last time you saw Jesus at the mall ? I saw Santa just yesterday...
2007-11-30 11:30:31 · answer #8 · answered by TheCheatest902 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Swedish.
2007-11-30 11:29:18 · answer #9 · answered by slinkyfaery 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't. If Santa exists, then he has been pretty crappy to me. The same goes for God.
2007-11-30 11:29:21 · answer #10 · answered by Take it from Toby 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋