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0 aOne of the most famous ppeared September 1, 1897, in ter e o
the pages of a leadingrials of all rnewspaper me has to do l
of the day, Christmas. It
the NewYor York
Sun.
Virginia O'Hanlon, eight years old, was torn between the doubts placed in her mind by
playmates and her own sincere belief that each Christmas a jolly old man came to help
spread joy through the world. To settle the matter, she posed the question to the editor of the -
Sun.
Francis Pharcellus Church replied as follows:
"Is there a Santa Claus?
"We take pleasure in answering at once and thus prominently the conununication below,
expressing at the •same time our great gratification that its faithful author is numbered II
among the friends of the Sun:
"Dear Editor:
"I am eight 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 95th Street. .
71 "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
Ft which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be
A 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 in-
telligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge,
41 "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 rriake tolerable their existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight.
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The eternal light world would be extinguished.
"Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You night get your
WPapa to hire men to watch,in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to itch Santa Claus, but - 1 '
even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees San- , /
vi o C1aus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor en can see. ;
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you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are ' '
A not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable' 'j'-
0 in the world.
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'You tear apart the baby's•rattle and see what akes the noise inside, but there is a veil `�"S.
covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, not even the united strength of all
f the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance,
g can push aside the curtain and view and picture the supernatural beauty and glory beyond.
W Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else more real and abiding.
vl "No Santa Claus'.' Thank God he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now.
Virginia, nay, ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of
t childhood."
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Ith Christmas!
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A Christmas -Carol
By Charles Dickens
One wintry Christmas Eve, Scrooge sat in his counting house, amused by his clerk, who
was copying`letters while attempting to keep warm with comforter and candle. Not once did
he offer his employee a bit of coal for the warming fire. .
Suddenly, the voice of Scrooge's nephew resounded "Merry, Christmas, Uncle! God save
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You!"
"Bah, Humbug!" replied the crotchety old man. "What's. Christmas time to you but a
time for paying. bills without money, one year older and not an hour richer."
"Uncle," i•esperided the nephew, entering the doorway. "There are many' things freer'
which I might have derived good, by which I have not profited. Christmas is one of theindlt
is a good; kind, forgiving, charitable time. God bless it!" •
"Humbug!" replied Scrooge. "And good afternoon" as' he observed his nephew leave.
This Christmas eve found Scrooge at dinner in a nearby tavern, returning early to the
quarters formerly occupied by his late partner, Marley. Suddenly, through the door
" descended Marley's ghost, who spoke to him. "In life I was your partner, Jacob Marley. It is
required by every man that the spirit within should walk abroad among his fellow men. If
that spirit goes not forth in life, it,is•condemned to do so after death."
Scrooge stood transfixed and answered, "I'1ercy! Dreadful apparition, why do you trouble
- me?". •
Marley's ghost replied, "I am here to warn you that you have yet a chance of escaping my
. fate. You will be haunted by three spirits. When this happens, you will see me no more but
look tp remember this destiny and what has transpired between us."
It was after one o'clock when Scrooge was awakened by the sight.of Spirit Child. "Who are
you and what is your business?" he demanded to know.
- "I am the ghost of Christmas Past -,here for your reclamation. Take heed." said the
Ghost, "Rise and walk with me." .
Through tirrie they traveled to events immemorial. Schoolboy, brother, apprentice, young
man - Scrooge relived his past life, devoid of charity and holiday spirit. The vision eclipsed
by current facts, the painful reality of Scrooge's cruel behaviour confronted hint and he.
,
l cried, "Haunt me no longer," until sleep overtook him.
1 . Awakening the next morning in the middle of a snore, Scrooge regained consciousness for
the express purpose of conferring with a second messenger, dispatched to him through
Marley's intervention.
"Spirit", said Scrooge submissively. "Conduct me where you will. i went forth last night
on compulsion and learnt a lesson which is working now. Tonight, if you have aught to teach
Me, let me profit by it."d
The Spirit answered, "I am the Ghost of Christmas Present, Touch my robe." S before
e Lit
as he was told and, held it fast. Invisible, they went into the town. stopping
• tered cottage of Scrooge's clerk; Bob Cratchit.
Mrs. Cratchit, two daughters and son Peter busied themselves with the preparation 'of a
meager holiday meal and were soon joined by Bob and his cripped'youngest, Tiny Tim.
Scrooge was moved by the poor family's plight and questioned the Spirit, "Tell me if Tiny
Tim will live.''
The ghost replied, "I see a vacant seat. And a crutch without an owner. If these shadows
remain unaltered'by the Future, the child will die.
.It was then the clock struck twelve. Scrooge looked about for the Ghost and saw it not.
Moments later, he felt a mysterious dread and observed a tall, stately figure beside him.
This Spirit neither :spoke nor moved. Scrooge questioned, knowingly, -You are about to
show me shadows of the things that have not yet happened. Is that so, Spirit?" You are the
ghost of Christmas Vet To Come." •
The Spirit inclined his head, pointed forward and led his captive to the churchyard graves,
pointing to the one marked EBENEZER SCROOGE. Horrified, the namesake addressed the
Phantom, "Spirit, men's courses foreshadow certain ends to which, if persevered, they
must lead. But if the course must be departed from, the ends will change. Say it is thus with
what you show me!"
The Spirit remained unmoved and pointed its hand from man to grave.
"Spirit," Scrooge,'cried, 'I'm not the rnan I was. I will not .be the man I must have been
but for this intercourse. Why show me this if I am past all hope! Good Spirit, your nature in-
tercedes for me and pities me. Assure me that I may change the shadows you have shown
me in an altered life!"
The kind hand trembled.
Scrooge continued: "I will honor Christmas in all my heart and try to keep it all year. 1,
will live in the past, the present, and the future. The Spirits of all three shall strive within
me. I will not shut out the lessons they teach.". Scrooge saw the phantom hood and dress
shrink, collapse, and dwindle into a bedpost.
• The bedpost was his own. The bed his own, the room his own. Best and happiest of all, the
time before' him was his own to make amends. in! Scrooge spent Christmas visiting his
nephew and saw to it that various charities provided food for their dependents age 9•
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