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Santa Claus? He lives forever
http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/columns/santa-claus-he-lives-forever/1267561Yes, Virginia, I know you know this editorial. I know some of your cynical threads are at their PCS planning snarky, hateful parodies. However, this editorial does stand the test of time, because the thoughts expressed are still real, and appeal to the best in us.
Especially this part:
"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 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 life with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.
