So, Santa, this year when you come to town, what I really want from you for Christmas is not makeup or clothes or a ride on your sled through Paris, but to believe again. The magic in my life is gone. The gifts don’t mean anything anymore. Please have Rudolph guide you back into my heart. If you look around the world you can see others lack joy in their lives. There’s depression, rape, murder, suicide, because people have no hope.
It is hard to believe in something you can’t see. If you can go around the world in one night bringing gifts to every child, or know when I have been bad or good, why can’t you show your face? You could change the world by showing your face. We don’t need miracles, signs, or a good marketing campaign. We need you. Showing up would make people care again. We need you for more than just one holiday but in our daily lives. So many out there feign goodness for the presents, acting in the name of Christmas. The hypocrisy sends the wrong message to the nonbelievers. There is more to life than the final reward; there are also the present lives we live. Santa, show the world how to be good again, and take us back to the simple loving belief we had as children.
Article comments
1 - Christy Corp-Minamiji
This is great, Emily. What a timely take on the importance of hope and belief (in anything)!
2 - Elizabeth Brock
Santa is real, and there is no doubt about it. He may not be a jolly fat man who directs elves, drives a sleigh, and squeezes down chimneys, he is, however, very real. Santa is in everyone. He is generosity, kindness, and goodness. Just as when you are "good" and Santa brings gifts, when a person chooses to be "good" or perform a nice act, it is returned upon them in some way or another. It can come in many forms, a present under the tree, a helping hand when needed, even the good feeling you are left with. So I say, Emily, Santa is real. With all of the commercialization and the world becoming a harsher place, I think many people have forgotten this. The world would be better if they could remember.
3 - One Santa
Oh, nice piece Emily. The spirit of Santa is the spirit that keeps humanity together. Give because you care of how others feel. Santa Claus is real. He exists... but there is not only one Santa Claus... but many of them. A secret society of Santa Claus where people you meet every day on the street can be a secret Santa. Your neigbor, your colleague, your parents and people you would never expect are Santa Claus in secret. And this keeps the world going.