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Santa Claus isn't a deity requiring our worship. He's an Internet
meme, like pedobear or the lolcats, but from a time before there was
an Internet.<br>
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Paul<br>
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On 12/24/2011 11:06 AM, Ralph Nielsen wrote:
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
monospace;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:
pre;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: monospace;">DO YOU BELIEVE IN SANTA CLAUS?</span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
monospace;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
monospace;">For many years millions of people have believed in
Santa Claus. Today</span><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: monospace;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
monospace;">millions more believe in him. Why do so many claim
Santa as their personal</span><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: monospace;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
monospace;">friend? Because they have found that the true way
to know Santa is to</span><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: monospace;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
monospace;">believe in him. And the only way to receive his
gifts is to become like</span><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: monospace;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
monospace;">little children and have complete faith in him.</span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
monospace;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
monospace;">Of course some people - agnostics, atheists,
freethinkers, liberals, and</span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
monospace;">secular humanists - claim that Santa Claus is a
mythical being who was</span><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: monospace;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
monospace;">invented by humans. But these scoffers and
doubters will never destroy</span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
monospace;">people's faith in him, for as long as people
believe in free gifts they</span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
monospace;">will believe in Santa Claus.</span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
monospace;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
monospace;">Human gifts have to be made out of earthly
materials; Santa creates his</span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
monospace;">gifts out of nothing. Human gifts have to be paid
for; Santa gives us his</span><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: monospace;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
monospace;">gifts for free. Some people think he needs to be
reminded of what they</span><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: monospace;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
monospace;">would like, but Santa already knows what we need.
All we have to know is</span><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: monospace;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
monospace;">that Santa Claus is alive and loves us. All we
have to do is to make a</span><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: monospace;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
monospace;">personal commitment to believe in him. So won't
you, too, accept Santa's</span><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: monospace;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
monospace;">offer of free gifts? Just kneel down, bow your
head, close your eyes, and</span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
monospace;">reverently say to yourself:</span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
monospace;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
monospace;">"Dear Santa Claus. I truly believe in you and want
you for my personal</span><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: monospace;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
monospace;">friend. Let me humbly accept your gifts, not
because I deserve them, but</span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
monospace;">because it is your will that I should receive
them. Let me not doubt, but</span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
monospace;">increase my faith; for the harder I believe in
you, the more real you</span><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: monospace;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
monospace;">become. Amen."</span></div>
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