Couple of weeks ago I received an e-mail from a little girl that had an air of urgency about it. It certainly required an answer. And the e-mail read…Dear Mr. Whyte, some of my friends say there is no Santa Clause…is there a Santa Claus Mr. Whyte? And the letter was signed simply, Patricia.
Well Patricia, first I’d like to tell you that your little friends are wrong. You see hon, they don’t believe in things unless they can see them…and that’s kind of foolish.
There are so many wonderful things in life that you can’t see or you can’t touch. And Santa Claus is one of them. But he exists as surely as love and devotion and beauty and joy exist. And what a sorry old world this would be if there wasn’t a Santa Claus.
Do me a favor Patricia. You do your best to help your little friends find faith enough in their hearts to believe in old Santa. Because without that faith you see…they’re not getting nearly the kick out of life that they’re supposed to get.
And another thing. They won’t be putting nearly half as much back into life as they’re supposed to.
You see little one, the world needs the faith of children and without it that eternal light… the light that burns only in the hearts of the young would go out.
Now as you grow up Patricia you’ll know more and more that the things that you believe in your heart are a great deal more important than the things you can figure out in your mind. And hon, Santa Claus is a very real thing in everybody’s life.
Now I know that nobody has probably never seen Santa Claus come down a chimney but that doesn’t prove anything. You can’t see the love of your Mom and Dad but you know it’s there.
Tell you what Patricia…lets do this. You imagine that there’s a huge door. And behind that door are all the unseen wonders of the world. Now brute strength wouldn’t bring down that door. A charging army couldn’t knock it down. A small bit of faith is the key to that door. And if you’ve got that Patricia that door will swing wide open and you’ll behold the most beautiful things in life.
Santa Claus lives behind that door Patricia. So why don’t you do this hon. You try to make your friends understand. And you can tell them that Santa Claus lives forever…and thank goodness he does.
A thousand years from now…ten times then thousands of years from now he’ll go right on living in the hearts of children throughout this world.
No Santa Clause? Well that’s like saying there will be no more wishes, no more hopes, no more dreams.
Well, I’ve done the best I can to explain it to you Patricia. But just remember that no matter what anyone says Patricia…there is a Santa Clause.
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