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Alas how dreary woul^J be the world if there was no Santa I'laus! It would be as 'dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would, be no chiildjike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence We should have no enjoyment, except inisense and sight- The eternal light with whifh childhood ifills the world would be extinguish«.l I 1 : i - ed.
Not believe in Sant4 Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in jail the chimneys On Christmas live to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prbve? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign thatj 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 thatls nd proof that they are not there.
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