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THE HERALDCAROLSSabmUyDecanber Pages i Yes Virginia there is a Santa One of the most famous newspaper editorials of all time has to do with Christmas It first appeared September 1897 in the pages of a leading newspaper of the day the New York Sun Virginia 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 mat ter she posed the question to the editor of the Sun Francis Church replied as follows Is there a Santa We take pleasure in answering at once and thus pro minently the communication below expressing at the same time our great gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends of the Sun MR 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 which is not comprehensive by their little minds All minds Virginia whether they be mens or childrens 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 their existence We should have no enjoyment except in sense and sight The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished Not 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 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 faries dancing on the lawn Of course not but thats 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 babys rattle and see what makes the noise inside but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man not even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived could tear apart Only faith fancy poetry love romance can push aside the curtain and veiw and picture the super natural beauty and glory beyond Is it all real Ah Virginia in all this world there is nothing else more real and abiding No Santa Thank God he lives and he lives forever A thousand years from now Virginia nay ten times ten thousand years from now he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood Wishing you and your families a winning holiday season We appreciate your business 2 Mountainview Rd Georgetown Ontario 8779922 Georgetown Food Market Bob Creasey and staff would like to wish all their patrons Our List of Christmas Helpers Cheese Trays Meat Trays Vegetable Trays Nibbler Trays Pineapple Treats Gift Packs Specialty Meat Products Down Roast of Pome Rib Moore Park Plaza Georgetown hTh DIVISION OF HILLS HOLDINGS LTD WISHING YOU A SAFE MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE STAFF AND MANAGEMENT OF HALTON HILLS TAXI PLEASE IF YOU DRINK CALL A CAB o 1 1 MILL STREET GEORGETOWN A SERVICE J parcel delivery 8777400 234 8779311