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Show Page Four - The Eureka Reporter - December 19. 2003 Yes, Virginia there is a Santa Glaus Yes, Virginia, there was an editorial about the credibility of Santa Claus, appearing more than 100 years ago in The New York Sun. It was writ- cipient and the newspaper that gave it life. Its most famous phrases are often recalled and sometimes parodied: "We take pleasure in an- ten by Francis Pharcellus Church, an assistant to the paper's editor. A true Christmas classic, it has outlived its writer, the re swering at once and thus prominently the communication below, expressing at the same time our great gratification that its faithful author is tyrifflifinitS? The Place to Watch a Movie!" THX Sound Exit 252 in Payson, 633 South 950 West Stadium Seating November 14-2- 0 4:00 6:55 9:30 4:30 8:00 4:30 8:00 3:55 6:40 9:25 cQuQIffl OBESE) 4:05 7:00 9:35 4:20 7:10 9:40 numbered among the friends of The Sun: "'Dear Editor. M'I am 8 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 Hanlon '"115 West 9th Street'" "Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except what they secThey think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's or children's, are little. In this great universe of ours 465-850- Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but there is no sign mat there is no Santa Claus. The most red things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on me lawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world. faith, fancy, poetry, love, 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 . now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousands years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood." EPJDOT dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there ra ... along with our thanks for your shopping here! were no Virginias. There V&J's Gas would 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 light with which childhood fills the world would be ancI GrocerIes JJ2 HAPPY HOLIDAYS MANY THANKS TO YOU FOR YOUR KIND PATRONAGE. Linda's Summit Cafe Order and print your tickets online! Steve and Linda Turner www.stadiumcinemas.com ass ro- mance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real" Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding. "No Santa Claus! Thank God he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from We're Displaying Our beauty and joy. Alas! how on Sunday. 0 Showtime www.stadiumcinemas.com "You tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil man is a mere insect, an ant, in is intellect, as compared with the boundless world around him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole 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 Early matinee will play on Saturday and Sunday Only. No 9:00 Showings No discount passes. Matinee Price $3.50 extinguished. "Not believe 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 even if they did not see Santa |