Silicon Insider: Is Santa Real?
With apologies to Francis P. Church and Virginia O’Hanlon: Dear ABCNews.com — I am 8 years old. Some of my friends say there is no Santa Claus. My dad says, “If you read it on the Net, it must be so.” Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus?” Virginia O’Hanlon Virginia, your friends are wrong. We live in a very strange time, in which very clever, but cynical, people claim there is no such thing as the truth — and yet never miss a chance to tell young people what that truth is. They tell this same story over and over, in forms as different as songs and cartoons, to you and your friends. Your friends have listened and accepted; to your credit, you have listened and questioned what you’ve heard. Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. I know if you surf the Web you’ll read more links that suggest that he is just a myth — or worse, a joke — than that he is real. Saddest of all are those links that argue that Santa Claus is impossible, that reindeer can’t fly or that no one coul
