tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460871733720202644.post6557360957168741762..comments2024-03-21T17:48:07.329-04:00Comments on the gift of mondays: dear tommy...Santa is real...colleen laquay urbaniukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14940978181308887411noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460871733720202644.post-5533407490453242392013-12-22T20:38:48.671-05:002013-12-22T20:38:48.671-05:00thank you for taking the time to read my letter. t...thank you for taking the time to read my letter. the dream will always live on in me!!! Merry Christmas!!!colleen laquay urbaniukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940978181308887411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460871733720202644.post-45654581472691302132013-12-22T20:36:55.971-05:002013-12-22T20:36:55.971-05:00i totally agree and i can't wait to see the mo...i totally agree and i can't wait to see the movie about St. Nick. i've also never read "A Tree Grows In Brooklyn" and i look forward to reading that too. you always have a great spiritual viewpoint on life. thank you for always sharing it with me. i love you girl!!!colleen laquay urbaniukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940978181308887411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460871733720202644.post-25079643988456824762013-12-21T00:32:11.824-05:002013-12-21T00:32:11.824-05:00What a beautiful letter to your son about Santa! ...What a beautiful letter to your son about Santa! Thank you for keeping the dream alive!BARBIEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02537827307867912139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460871733720202644.post-26407664992127947622013-12-18T20:02:45.940-05:002013-12-18T20:02:45.940-05:00I have so much to say here. I know it is a tough l...I have so much to say here. I know it is a tough lesson and a rite of passage, sort of. At the same time, in a life of faith, we live on in the spirit of many saints, including St. Nicholas. I will try to find the video about him. It is a good one. Also, I think there is a connection here to something I heard Einstein said: If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. Does that mean we lie to them to share make believe stories that inspire them to learn that good prevails over evil, and that it is okay to stretch the imagination, to believe in magic, like pixie dust, pumpkins turning into carriages, and living happily ever after. It is good for our kids. One of my favorite passages of any book is in "A Tree Grows In Brooklyn," and the European grandmother speaks broken English but conveys very well basic parenting advice to her daughter when she has her first baby. I'll find that too. She talks about belief in Santa. Now that I am older, I'm more excited about the real St. Nicholas and the patronage he exercises towards our children than the commercial Santa we esteem in our culture. Some day, Tommy will be able to extend to that. Father Wise said that more churches in Europe are named after St. Nicholas than any other saint. Even parents who don't practice a life of faith, give gifts to their children in the name of Santa, because of this great saint's example. Please don't be discouraged. Growing up is good. He will be better for believing as a child, and better for knowing the real truth about the real St. Nick. The sad part is, not having a belief in make believe, and Santa. How else do we stretch our belief in things unseen, in the real God, without the practice of childhood? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517466515809977653noreply@blogger.com