A couple of weeks back I recieved a letter from a little girl
with an emergency about it, well it certainly required an answer

Her letter said:

"Dear Mr. Dean,
Some of my little friends say that there is no Santa Claus.
Mr. Dean, Is there a Santa Claus?
And the letter was signed simply, Patricia

Well, Patricia, first I'd like to tell you that your little friends are wrong. You see Hon, they don't believe in things unless they can see them, and that's kind of foolish. Cuz there's so many wonderful things in life that you can't see or you can't touch and Santa Clause is one of them.

But he exists as well as love and devotion and beauty and joy exists
What a sorry old world this would be if there wasn't a Santa Claus
Do me a favor Patricia. You do your best to help your little friends
find faith enough in their hearts to believe in old Santa because without that faith, they're not getting nearly the kick out of life that they should. And another thing, they're not putting half as much back into life as they should.

You see little one, this old world needs the faith of children. And without it, that eternal light, that light that burns only in the heart of the young, Would go out.

Now as you grow up Patricia you will learn more and more that the things you believe in your heart are a great deal more important
than the things you can figure out in your mind.

And Hon, Santa Claus is a very real thing in everybodys life. Oh, I know probably no one ever saw Santa come down the chimney, but that doesn't prove anything. You, you can't see the love of your Mom and your Dad but you know very well that it's there.

I'll tell you what Patricia. Let's do this. You imagine that there's a huge door. And behind that door are all of the unseen wonders of the world. Now streangth alone won't break down that door. As a matter of fact, A chargin' army couldn't knock that door down. A small bit of faith is the key to that door. And if you've got that faith Patricia, that big door will swing wide open and you'll behold the most beautiful things in life. Santa Claus lives behind that door Patricia.

So, why don't you do this. You try to make your friends understand. And you tell them this.. That old Santa Clause lives forever, and thank goodness he does. A thousand years from now, ten times a thousand years from now, He'll go right on livin in the hearts of children throughout the world.

No Santa Claus? That's that's like sayin there will be no more hopes.
No more wishes. No more dreams.

Little one, I've done the best that I could to explain it.
But I'll tell you this, no matter what anyone says Patricia,
There IS a Santa Claus.