Guest guest Posted April 16, 2004 Report Share Posted April 16, 2004 Hey Virginia, > Thanks Butch - I always did believe in Santa Claus. Take care. Good show and welcome you are. Perhaps you know .. perhaps you being from Australia .. and maybe some others don't .. that the by line I stole on " Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus " , is famous in the USA. It came from a letter to the editor of the New York Sun .. in 1897: http://beebo.org/smackerels/yes-virginia.html And yes, Virginia .. Saint Nicholas existed .. he was the Bishop of Myra here in Turkey .. on the Southern Med Coast. His church still stands there and the large statue outside depicts a jolly old feller in an outfit similar to what we see him wearing on Christmas .. he has a bag slung over his shoulder and two little kids are hanging onto his legs. http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=371 > Virginia Y'all keep smiling. :-) butch http://www.AV-AT.com >>Yes Virginia .. there is a Santa Claus .. and a Rose Geranium. ;-) >> >>Long, long ago .. I wrote a long post on this to this list .. but its in >>my other PC which is not operable now .. I'm still in the unpacking part Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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