Show Is there A santa claus clans from the new york sun september 21 2 1807 1897 we take lake pleasure I 1 nan a at wince once end and thus prominently the communicate i below expressing at the aaroe time our great gratification that hot I 1 its fal ati author thoris is numbered amon among g the friends of 0 the sun dear editor I 1 am eight years old litile say there is no sonia sania claus if you see it i t in the sun un its i ts so lao please tell methe me the truth lruth is there a santa clause claus virginia OHan lori west ninety fifth street virginia virgini 9 your little friends wrong TI tiey they ey have been by the skepticism skeptic um of a skeptical age they do not bil bel eve except they see they think ahat nothing can he which ha not by their little A all II 11 min minde ds ani virginia geniv whether Nh ether they te mens ore hildi eaf are little lo ln this great univ aree of ours in man ais a mere insect an ant nt 1 in n las als comp compared arid with the the boundless word about him as measured by Int intelli elliget Rei C I 1 of grasping t lie 1 e aho whole le of truth blanid knowlt yes virginia ihrie i it a sinta S inta claus he egisti ab as loveana love and genero iii exist and you know that they abound and andri give ve to lo i vr life its highiet be beaudy au ay iy ind nd ja alas auw dreary would be the if there v were vre no santa claus it would he be as dreary as aa if there were no ianire would be no etith then no poetry no romance to make tol 0 o existence we should have no enjay enjoyment meni except in tense bense and sight The eternal liah with 1 which childhood fits fips the world would be not beleve in santa clans you might mi taht as aa well gt your papa tobi to hire remen men to watch in ineys on christmas eve to catch santa claus lute tut e they hey did not tsee see santa claus coming down what to would ud that prove nobody s se e santa claus lauB but tl 0 at is io dign that thare is no sun SIMI il clau the most real thir gs in the world are choose that hr e cl B s rk r i nar n ar men can see pee did you yoa ever sen see f fairies di on t the lie law ru I 1 of cot but ro no prod that they chev are not there nobody can conceive or imagine fill alt tile wonders there tire ae unseen ind athe the world you tear apart the babas rat tie and se ses a what makes the no noise sp but I 1 is sa a veit veil covering the unseen world which act the a tr rest man nor corthe ithe united streng strength of all the strongest gest men that ever could tear apart only try love romance can push puah adde that curtain and view ond and picture the supernal beauty an i glory beyond la Is it all real A h V Virgini tills this world there is nothing thing po elee afe real at d abid abiding abi diny inix na sinta claus r ank goi god he end I 1 e lives ts forever fore vrr A thousand m now virg inia nay ten umes times t ter er years from now he will vill continue to make inake alad blad th the heair heart of childhood |