Posted on October 21, 2008 - by deCadmus

Yes, Santa Claus, There is a Virginia.

Dear Editor—

Some of my little friends say there is no Virginia… or that there is a Virginia but it’s not real. Mama Claus says, “If you see it on the Internet, it’s so.” Please tell me the truth, is there a real Virginia?

~Santa Claus

Santa, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Santa, 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, Santa Claus, there is a Virginia. It 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 Virginia! It would be as dreary as if there were no Santa Claus.

P.S. Maybe you should put naughty little Nancy Pfotenhauer on that other list.