"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 child-like 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!"
Francis P. Church (New York Sun, September21, 1897)
May your holiday be filled with magic, poetry, romance, faith, family and love…
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