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Red Deer Advocate 1942-01-07 - 1943-12-29
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1943-12-22
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PAGE TWELVE RED_DEER ADVOCATE. RED DEER, ALBERTA WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22nd, 1943 Nae F t Se me timeless, wits written in the New York Sun in 1897 wer to-a letter from a little eight year old girl named. some of ber friends that there was no Santa Clits. your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They donot 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 worlds 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 v that they abound and give to your life its t 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 e ence, We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. e eternal light with which childhood fills the world would!be extinguished, believe in Santa Claus! Z R 1 might as well not believe in fairies! Eee narce uate You might get your papa to ¢ men to watch in all the chimneys Christ to catch Santa Clau: In this, the fifth, a great and wonderfu! light on istmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, “ but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, ; is melting the darkness of the past. It is our what would that prove? \ feryent prayer that before the next festive season Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that theresis mo/Santa Claus, she y -comes around “Peace on Earth” will echo round Phe most real things i e are those that nei i f The most real things in the world are those that neither Hane world: dsl vibrant reality Ta ene: Mcanitinidl as Merry a Christmas as is possible, to all. children nor men can see. 3 Did you ever see fai Jancing on the law: 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. Our sincere thanks to our many customers - for their kind understanding and co-operation. 4 ee 5 Yorrtear apart the baby’s rattle and see what makes the Our warm appreciation for the loyal support o} noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unséen our employees. cgés % ‘onc world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength ° ; Ltd: aoe of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. . cana ‘a Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, remance, can push aside z President . that’Curtain and view and picture = the supernal beauty and ies beyond. : | ee . \ OT, EATON Coss | Is it all real? : 4 Mam DeEe ‘Branch Bere CANADA Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding. No Santa Claus! Se Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. nh \ thousand years frommhow, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand yeats from he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood, ~~
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Image 1093 (1943-12-22), from microfilm reel 1093, (CU11286271). Courtesy of Early Alberta Newspapers Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.