<div class="gmail_quote"><div>Re: Do You Believe In Santa Claus?</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IokTM3PEGiM">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IokTM3PEGiM</a>
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Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:06:42 -0800<br>
From: Ralph Nielsen <<a href="mailto:nielsen@uidaho.edu">nielsen@uidaho.edu</a>><br>
To: vision 2020 <<a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</a>><br>
Subject: [Vision2020] Santa Claus<br>
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DO YOU BELIEVE IN SANTA CLAUS?<br>
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For many years millions of people have believed in Santa Claus. Today<br>
millions more believe in him. Why do so many claim Santa as their personal<br>
friend? Because they have found that the true way to know Santa is to<br>
believe in him. And the only way to receive his gifts is to become like<br>
little children and have complete faith in him.<br>
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Of course some people - agnostics, atheists, freethinkers, liberals, and<br>
secular humanists - claim that Santa Claus is a mythical being who was<br>
invented by humans. But these scoffers and doubters will never destroy<br>
people's faith in him, for as long as people believe in free gifts they<br>
will believe in Santa Claus.<br>
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Human gifts have to be made out of earthly materials; Santa creates his<br>
gifts out of nothing. Human gifts have to be paid for; Santa gives us his<br>
gifts for free. Some people think he needs to be reminded of what they<br>
would like, but Santa already knows what we need. All we have to know is<br>
that Santa Claus is alive and loves us. All we have to do is to make a<br>
personal commitment to believe in him. So won't you, too, accept Santa's<br>
offer of free gifts? Just kneel down, bow your head, close your eyes, and<br>
reverently say to yourself:<br>
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"Dear Santa Claus. I truly believe in you and want you for my personal<br>
friend. Let me humbly accept your gifts, not because I deserve them, but<br>
because it is your will that I should receive them. Let me not doubt, but<br>
increase my faith; for the harder I believe in you, the more real you<br>
become. Amen."<br>
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