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"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
to 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 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 tol
erable 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 neither children nor men can see.
"Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Os course not, but
that’s no proof that they are not there —nobldy can conceive or imagine
all the wonders that are unseen and unseeable in the world.
"You 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, or 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 view and picture the supernal beauty
of all 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 thousand years from
now, he will continue to make glad the hearts of childhood.”
— Francis B. Church
The New York Sun
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pilgrimage among the people at Christmastime, evaluating
their thoughts and deeds by their weight. One day the
Goblin saw a man with a new automobile, which he had
purchased for himself and family as a Christmas token.
Here, thought the Goblin, is something very valuable. So he
put it on the scales, but, to his dismay, it weighed nothing.
Next he saw a boy who appeared very happy. “Why are
you so glad?” asked the Goblin. “I’m going to get a lot of
nice things for Christmas—l know, because I’ve seen them
in the closet,” said the boy. The Goblin put them all on the
scales, but they weighed nothing.
There was a young girl who was frowning. “What are
you frowning for?” asked the Goblin. “Oh, a friend of mine
gave me a little old handkerchief for Christmas last year,
and I’ll have to give her one this year because she will
expect it.” The Goblin put the handkerchief on the scales,
but it weighed nothing.
The Goblin looked up and saw a richly attired woman
sitting at a window knitting. “What are you doing?” he
asked. “I am knitting a scarf for a sick friend who is cold
and miserable,” said the woman. “There isn’t a scarf in all
the stores that I care to give her, so I am knitting one.” The
Goblin put the scarf on the scales and it weighed very
much.
Looking down the street, the Goblin saw an aged couple
carrying a well-fitted basket between them. He approached
the couple, and saw that they were very poor. “Where are
you taking that basket of food?” he asked. “To a kindly
friend,” said the man. “But do you not need this for
yourselves?” asked the Goblin. “We can spare it; besides,
our food tastes better when we divide it with those who
need it worse than we do,” was the answer. The Goblin put
the basket on the scales, and it weighed to the limit of the
scales.
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there was no candle to light
the manger in the stable at
Bethlehem, still from early
times people have placed
tapers in windows to light
the way for the Christ
Child and welcome iHim.
In many countries, any
one coming to the door at
Christmastime was invited
to enter. For some believed
that Christ Himself would
appear at a house with a
candle, concealing his iden
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their kindness.
Candles have inspired
men throughout the ages,
linking their bright glow
with the beauty of faith.
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generally used at Christ
mastime as far back as the
11 th Century. Until the 18th
Century they were made
primarily from tallow or
beeswax. The latter was
preferred, as an emblem of
Mary’s purity, for wax is
the product of virgin bees.
Many persons believed that
bees came from heaven, and
it was not unusual for reli
gious institutions to keep
swarms of them. According
to an early writer, the wax
represented Christ’s body;
the wick, His soul; and the
flame His divine nature.
The religious symbolism
of the candle grew through
the centuries after early
Christians, huddled in the
damp chill catacombs of
Rome, used lighted candles
as a source of comfort.
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In 1750 a substance from
the head of the sperm whale
was found to be superior to
tallow and beeswax. Later,
in 1850, paraflin wax was
developed and combined
with stearic acid to make
candles of the modern type.
Bayberry canales with
their delicate scent are es
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mas. and they are said to
bring good luck to the home.
The bayberry candle is
uniquely American. Bay
berry bushes grew in great
abundance in the new
world, and after learning to
extract the greenish wax
from the wild bayberries,
the Pilgrims used it to make
candles.
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