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    Default Merry Christmas everyone.

    I posted this last year, and i thought i'd do it again because i kinda dig it.



    Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.
    Editorial Page, New York Sun, 1897
    Editor: Francis Pharcellus Church


    We take pleasure in answering thus prominently the communication below,
    expressing at the same time our great gratification that its faithful author is
    numbered among the friends of The Sun:

    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



    Virginia,

    Your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism
    of a sceptic al age. They do not believe except 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 external 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 you 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 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,
    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 lives forever. A thousand years from
    now, Virginia, nay 10 times 10,000 years from now, he will continue to make glad
    the heart of childhood.


    Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!!




    The New York Sun, September 21 1897





    Merry christmas, folks.

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    Default Re: Merry Christmas everyone.

    Happy Holidays!



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    Default Re: Merry Christmas everyone.

    Merry Christmas to you, too!!! I love that story, thanks Mad!!!

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    Merry Christmas people. Merry Christmas.
    People are not ruled by their memories.

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    Thanks, Madcap. Merry Christmas, all.



























    (Later edit: "Tumbleflump Chocolate-Fairy")
    Last edited by Jay Zeno; 12-24-2005 at 08:50 AM.

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    Default Re: Merry Christmas everyone.

    Happy Holidays!!!

    Yes, that is what I say. So don't give me any crap for not saying "Merry Christmas".


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    Rhia, I'll see you in church babe!
    People are not ruled by their memories.

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    Hahaha.. I'm not looking to burst into flames this year, so I'll pass.

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    Happy Holidays to all!!!

    For some Holiday fun see what your name would be if you were one of Santa's little helpers: http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/feat...enerator.shtml

    Mine is "Cutie Monster-Cheeks"

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    Hahaha.. Cute..

    I'm Happy Brandy butter-Tummy?

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    May all of us have a great day today and tomorrow. Merry Christmas.

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    Default Re: Merry Christmas everyone.

    yeah...happy effing holidays.

    happy kwanzza...happy new year's...and hope ya had a happy solstice.


    why do some people still have to fight to get the same opportunities that are given to others?

    reclusiveness...is a good thing.

    the greatest revenge in the world...is success.


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    Happy FUCKIN' ho-ho y'all!

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    Merry Christmas all! Awwww, Rhi, no midnight mass for you tonight? heehee

    I must be smoking crack because I'm actually off to do last minute shopping before all the stores close...wish me luck!

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    Ha, ha, I just returned from buying my yearly gift cards



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    LOL Saph... Spooky!

    Speaking of shopping though---I'm thankfully all done with the present shopping and I even have everything all wrapped up. But this afternoon I am tackling the grocery shopping. I'm hoping it won't be too busy. I should be safe since the market is no where near the malls or any shopping centers. ::crosses fingers::

    On the menu for tomorrow:

    Honey & Apricot Glazed Ham
    Smashed Potatoes
    Broccoli & Cheese
    Salad
    Fruit Cocktail
    Chocolate Cream Pie
    Jello With Fruit Inside (Guess that's a Jello Mold? I've never called it that.)
    Rosettes

    Anyone else cooking?

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    I'm not cooking, but my mom's turkey dinner is worth waiting all year for!

    Merry Christmas from "Chilly Baubles"! (my elf name!)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rhiannon
    Fruit Cocktail
    Don't forget the whipped cream with the fruit cocktail!

    I'm doing a stripped down (pun intended) version of my T-day dinner as we speak.

    Merry Christmas to all you G-string divas and lovers.

    >>>Sad<<<
    Last edited by sadbuttrue; 12-24-2005 at 11:05 AM. Reason: Formatting

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    ^Oh you know it.. It doesn't count if it doesn't have whipped cream!

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    Heheh Ooo Ooo

    My tenants gave me a street name a few months back, and they call me it when they see me.

    So Merry Christmas from "Frosted Flake"



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    mmmmmmmmm...honey apricot glazed ham sounds YUMMAY!

    Actually, I had to do returns. There is no way in hell I'm attempting any returns in the next 2 weeks so I did it now. And of course I had to grab a few last minute stocking stuffers.

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    Merry Christmas everyone!

    Rhi, that food sounds really good...one of my favorite parts about Christmas is eating yummy food!

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    Merry Christmas!!!!!!!! I hope everyone gets everything they wanted!
    "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."

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    So.. The Chocolate Cream Pie was crossed off the list. I went grocery shopping earlier as planned (which WAS chaos, by the way), and I FORGOT the jello pudding mix! Gah. So luckily Walgreens is open, but they didn't have pudding mix. So that pie got switched to Cookies & Cream Ice Cream Pie. Should be good anyway, and Delia may like it better than the other.

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    Merry Christmas everybody!!

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