重读《圣诞老人存在吗?》的纽约太阳报社评,100前的文字读来依然感动,那时的人们多么纯真啊,和如今区别好大

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ifyouloveme
楼主 (北美华人网)
1897年小女孩维吉尼亚写信问纽约太阳报社是否有圣诞老人。战地记者Church亲眼见过战争的残酷无情,可他依然坚信童话的美好,给她回了这封著名的信,文笔简洁优美,深刻,引人思考。 此后百年,这封信被发表无数次,感染几代人。

原文: VIRGINIA, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not 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 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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ChristinaW
神棍的基础~~
what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus.
永远立于不败之地。
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mallowmarsh
这是真的。 我在国内的时候肯定不相信。我相信我们老师说的,你不好好读书,以后你的位置就被人抢了。自从离开中国后我就相信有神论了。人与人之间不光是竞争。更有爱。有爱就有神。这是真的。圣诞老人真的有存在。他每年都陪我拍照。给我礼物🎁,我在加拿大好多年。去英国也好多年。来美国又好多年。圣诞老人真的在这些国家存在。我毫不怀疑。
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lovedarren
我信神的存在,我也信圣诞老人的存在,或许我们看不到他们,但是很多行为是因为对他的相信引导的。
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ifyouloveme
这是真的。 我在国内的时候肯定不相信。我相信我们老师说的,你不好好读书,以后你的位置就被人抢了。自从离开中国后我就相信有神论了。人与人之间不光是竞争。更有爱。有爱就有神。这是真的。圣诞老人真的有存在。他每年都陪我拍照。给我礼物🎁,我在加拿大好多年。去英国也好多年。来美国又好多年。圣诞老人真的在这些国家存在。我毫不怀疑。
mallowmarsh 发表于 2021-12-10 20:07

圣诞老人给你礼物?
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ifyouloveme
我信神的存在,我也信圣诞老人的存在,或许我们看不到他们,但是很多行为是因为对他的相信引导的。
lovedarren 发表于 2021-12-10 20:16

我也信
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Sallyon
我当然不信。 我不相信我没有亲眼目睹的。
在我没有听说圣诞老人之前和听说之后,我没有感觉什么不同。 圣诞老人是否存在 不重要,重要的是我们仍然健康快乐。
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kiwikiwifruits05
回复 2楼ChristinaW的帖子
Proof就是parents每年帮santa买礼物啊🎁
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ChristinaW
我当然不信。 我不相信我没有亲眼目睹的。
在我没有听说圣诞老人之前和听说之后,我没有感觉什么不同。 圣诞老人是否存在 不重要,重要的是我们仍然健康快乐。
Sallyon 发表于 2021-12-10 20:49

对啊~~看标题点进来,我本来也是期待这样一篇心灵鸡汤文感动一下~~
没想到是篇恶臭的神棍文~~
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hnlaser
为啥有爱就有神?人之间不能有爱?动物之间不能有爱?
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iloveGelato
我儿子十岁高龄还相信Santa真的存在,我觉得是傻😅
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hnlaser
我儿子十岁高龄还相信Santa真的存在,我觉得是傻😅
iloveGelato 发表于 2021-12-10 21:53

因为他相信圣诞礼物,哈哈
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Cdrama
人家white supremacists怀念100年前,怀念他们作威作福的"good old days" 。亚裔跟着起什么哄?穿越回100年前你连和他们一起上班的工作权都没有!
满清遗老怀念大清朝,难道汉人也跟着怀念?
蓝色辉光
然而那个时候妇女还没有投票权,黑人只是3/5人类,华人排除法案还在运行。