| "If you see it in The Sun it's so" |
[Dec. 24th, 2009|11:21 pm] |
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| | 24 hours of "A Christmas Story" on tbs | ] |
"DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old.
"Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus.
"Papa says, 'If you see it in THE SUN it's so.'
"Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus?
"VIRGINIA O'HANLON.
"115 WEST NINETY-FIFTH STREET."
VIRGINIA, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except [what] 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 world 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 know that they abound and give to your life its highest 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 existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.
Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that 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 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.
You may tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, VIRGINIA, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.
No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood. |
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| A Christmas Poll! |
[Dec. 23rd, 2009|12:30 pm] |
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Poll #1502717
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 4What is your favourite Christmas Carol?
Mine is Good King Wenceslas |
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| A drawing and two sketches. There's a difference, y'know? |
[Dec. 20th, 2009|11:24 pm] |
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| | "it's hell for purists, as well for tourists, oh YEAH" | ] |
 Okay, so I decided I liked this drawing enough to post it after all.  Jon ( ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) lincolnic ) jumping like Mega Man. In my mind, Mega Man always goes "yee!" when he jumps. Lately I jump like that around my house too, and piss off my roommate because she has no clue what the hell I'm doing. Yee!  An' a bunnay. He's not nuclear though, so don't worry. |
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| SNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW |
[Dec. 20th, 2009|07:42 am] |
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It snowed so much last night, and it is still coming heavily down! Oh, snow, snow, snow, we had been so starved for you up on the north shore.
I wonder if OSV will even open today... |
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| Eithier my 10 dollar tin whistle is no good, |
[Dec. 19th, 2009|10:58 pm] |
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or I am just a no good tin whistler.
I am leaning towards the later.
Snow now? |
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| "Well I'm Back" |
[Dec. 19th, 2009|11:18 am] |
For Christmas break at least. I love my mother, I dearly do, but she has, what is possibly the worse taste in Christmas music. Ever.
I also love commas. |
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| Just saying |
[Dec. 18th, 2009|11:27 am] |
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They should teach chickens to lay eggs that are just egg whites. I think that would be an useful task for science. |
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[Dec. 17th, 2009|04:05 pm] |
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...that is one word I never though would sting |
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| Put on your best dress, |
[Dec. 16th, 2009|02:56 pm] |
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Your tea gloves,
and throw some tea into Boston Harbor!
It's the 236th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party! |
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| "You've ruined me!" |
[Dec. 13th, 2009|11:50 pm] |
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Christmas by candle light at OSV this weekend was amazing. Meghan was even there to volunteer with me on Sunday. I am doing next weekend too. I am excited already. :D
On a more somber note.Irealizedtoday I burned off my bangs but curling them with a curling iron to much this past week I guess. No I just have a lot of little fringe bits that stick up all around my face in front. Now I can sympathize with Meg March and her being "entirely bald in front" haha. |
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