Whether it’s a hearty HO! HO! HO! at a party or a quiet ho! ho! ho! whispered in a child’s ear, my wish is to make your Christmas magical!
        In 1897, the Editorial Page of the New York Sun wrote a piece entitled,
“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 external light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished...
        It’s that spirit of Christmas that I want to pass on to each and every little boy and girl (or little girl and boy at heart).  Santa is real, and Santa is unconditional love.  The Christmas season wouldn’t be the same without Santa, and Santa wouldn’t be without Christmas.
        I’ll be visiting on Christmas, and hope to be asked to visit with you a bit before then as well!