The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-25
Why Not Tell Them
There Is a Santa
Claus? There IS One
The Hsppiest Home Is Where He
Comes Down the Chimney, and
There Isn't a Bit Of Harm
In the Belief, Either.

the chimney o fill chldren's stockings?
Or don't you believe in this sort OF thing
Have you natured chap the premises through
entertaining the silly belief that it to deceive his little
friends way?
Let's 60 a the time when he
behind days when Christmas found
filled ondement contemplated size of the
pipe and compared with the dimensions of the round plump
form in the story books.
Were happy for and to be denied
living them again the by turning Santa out OF
hearts little hearts behold gladdened on
Christmas gladdened in the days agone?
days where Santa Claus is not
blood regarded by the children
where held that such policy tends shater too early in the
: child mind its confidence in. its parents
Then there the from these homes that the child
taught that untuth will be counenenced because
untruth practiced by the parents
the beginning there should be i'm
pressed upon nothing the realities e'
That should be given understand life short and
responsibilities that of hour for fancy or
imagination
Parents ntertai have sympathy
And their children have pity.
The happest homes morning where
peepd under bed and behed the dawn
breaking
Where for putting shoes stock
ngs but figures tpped the stairs to
possibly of catching old Kris Kngle before
he got away.
The happiest homes those
their beds before they had heard those foot
steps stairs the sitting room floor
toot" signal get up and the
Hoor they figure quaed with Santa offerings all
piled together in a lap
that wanted drum mama?" asks
the stick, which question may
been prompted by suspicion from the fact
Claus track the ashes of the CRATE
why your father told him, of course the mother replies
suggested the child there. in the belief of
"a Claus fortunate in connection with his desire
that he had father ntercede for him. and doesn't
the child mind gentleman of importance
and bad person to cultivate?
And obligated his father mother for their octude in
his behalf isn't there possibility that there will in the
child appreciation which in later year will develop like
soicitude his part for the father and mothera
And what chap old Santa Claus presented to be In
the mind of the child
He and he waits for
Vou"
There he real lesson for the child
taught all the good things that to US
from hand hand but that bounty to come as
and here the first preparation
Eor training child belief Of Infinite Being from
Whom eventually and after ALL IS to mans greatest reward
There child this mysterious visit of
Claus the first principle Of real charity toward which
admoned Let thy left hand know what thy right hand
And from generous saint child gains
further lesson in uns6shness quality
better and happier world to be found
more often
Santa Claus after ALL and the children haven't
They have been told untth they been dealing
which purely imaginary Santa Claus the spirit Of
children but all mankind
-. child and is reared in the knowledge that Savior lived
sacrifice charity unsehshness and brothey love- and
died mankind he the the peonihcaton of
Santa justified by the end
When the Santa Claus days comes no more and the
present coldly passed from Mother
John" family circle feels growing and
that of its richest joys has passed out of her life
She feels her gong away ano hs the hrst call OF
world for him. when her boy realize that
is Santa Claus