[project1dev] Re: yes virginia, there is a santa claus

  • From: Nick Klotz <roracsenshi@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: project1dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:04:38 -0500

Best part about that letter is that it was in reply to a question by
an 8 year old.  I am betting he thought, "man I hope somebody explains
what that means to me, for Christmas"


On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Chris Riccobono <crysalim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> You broke my lol barrier.
>
> On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:40 AM, eric drewes <figarus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>> shroedinger: is the cat alive or is it dead? there are two concurrent
>> realities!
>> us: hmm... what the hell are you talking about?  what cat?
>> shroedinger: the one in the box, you watched me put it in
>> us: no we didn't
>> shroedinger: fuck it, lets get a beer
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 2:34 PM, Chris Riccobono <crysalim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> hehe, by the way, read today's xkcd:
>>>
>>> http://www.xkcd.com
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Chris Riccobono <crysalim@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>> > oh no, I feel it happening.. it's taking over everything!  Poof!
>>> > *becomes a singularity*
>>> >
>>> > On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:29 AM, eric drewes <figarus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> >> quit trying to make santa disappear in a puff of logic! :)
>>> >>
>>> >> On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Chris Riccobono <crysalim@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> But the real question is, if you observe Santa Claus, does he still
>>> >>> exist?
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:14 AM, eric drewes <figarus@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> >>> wrote:
>>> >>> > "DEAR EDITOR: 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 O'HANLON.
>>> >>> > "115 WEST NINETY-FIFTH 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
>>> >>> > see.
>>> >>> > They 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 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 this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except
>>> >>> > in
>>> >>> > sense
>>> >>> > and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world
>>> >>> > would
>>> >>> > be
>>> >>> > 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 Claus
>>> >>> > coming
>>> >>> > down, what would that prove? Nobody sees 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 fairies
>>> >>> > dancing
>>> >>> > on
>>> >>> > the 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.
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > You may tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise
>>> >>> > inside,
>>> >>> > but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the
>>> >>> > strongest
>>> >>> > man,
>>> >>> > nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever
>>> >>> > lived,
>>> >>> > could
>>> >>> > tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, 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 now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he
>>> >>> > will
>>> >>> > continue to make glad the heart of childhood.
>>> >>>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >
>>>
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