Ngaba ngokwenene uSanta Claus ukho?

Ngo-1897, uVirginia O'Hanlon, intombazana eneminyaka esi-8 ubudala ehlala eManhattan, eNew York, wabhala ileta kwiNew York Sun.

Mhleli obekekileyo.

Ngoku ndineminyaka esi-8 ubudala.Abantwana bam bathi uSanta Claus akayonyani.Utata uthi, "Ukuba ufunda iLanga kwaye uthethe into efanayo, yinyani."
Ke ndicela undixelele inyani: Ngaba ukho ngokwenene uSanta Claus?

UVirginia O'Hanlon
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Francis Pharcellus Church, umhleli weNew York Sun, wayengumbhali wemfazwe ngexesha leMfazwe yaseMelika yaseMelika.Wakubona ukubandezeleka okuziswa yimfazwe waza wafumana imvakalelo yokuphelelwa lithemba eyayigqugqisile ezintliziyweni zabantu emva kwemfazwe.Wabuyela eVirginia ngendlela yokuhlela.

eVirginia.
Abahlobo bakho abancinci abalunganga.Baye baba ngamaxhoba entandabuzo yeli xesha le-paranoid.Abayikholelwa into abangayiboniyo.Bacinga ukuba into abangenakuyicinga kwiingqondo zabo ezincinci, ayikho.
Zonke iingqondo, iVirginia, abadala kunye nomntwana ngokufanayo, zincinci.Kulo mmandla mkhulu wendalo yethu, umntu ungumbungu omncinane, yaye ubukrelekrele bethu bufana nembovane xa buthelekiswa nobukrelekrele obufunekayo ukuze siqonde yonke inyaniso nolwazi lwehlabathi elingenamda elisingqongileyo.Ewe, iVirginia, iSanta Claus ikhona, kanye njengokuba uthando, ububele kunye nokuzinikela kukwakho kweli lizwe.Bakunika obona buhle bubalaseleyo kunye nolonwabo ebomini.

Ewe!Hayi indlela ebeliya kuba buthuntu ngayo ihlabathi ngaphandle kukaSanta Claus!Bekuya kufana nokungabi nomntwana othandekayo njengawe, ukungabi nalukholo njengomntwana, ukungabi namabali namabali othando ukuze sithomalalise intlungu yethu.Ekuphela kovuyo olunokungcamla abantu koko banokukubona ngamehlo, ukubamba ngezandla, nokuziva ngemizimba yabo.
ukubamba, kwaye uzive emzimbeni.Ukhanyiso olwazalisa ihlabathi njengomntwana lusenokungabikho.

Musa ukukholelwa kuSanta Claus!Usenokungakholelwa kwaukukholelwa kwii-elves kwakhona!Ungaba notata wakho aqeshe abantu ukuba bagade zonke iitshimini ngoBusuku bangaphambi kweKrisimesi ukubamba uSanta Claus.

Kodwa nokuba ababhaqi, bungqina ntoni?
Akukho mntu unokumbona uSanta Claus, kodwa oko akuthethi ukuba uSanta Claus akayonyani.

Eyona nto yokwenene kweli hlabathi yinto abantu abadala okanye abantwana abangenakuyibona.Ngaba ukhe wazibona iielves zidanisa engceni?Ngokuqinisekileyo akunjalo, kodwa oko akubonisi ukuba abekho.Akakho umntu onokuyithelekelela yonke imimangaliso yeli hlabathi engekabonwa okanye engabonakaliyo.
Uyakwazi ukukrazula irhashalala lomntwana kwaye ubone ukuba yintoni kanye kanye le ingxolayo ngaphakathi.Kodwa kukho umqobo phakathi kwethu kunye nokungaziwa ukuba kwaneyona ndoda inamandla emhlabeni, onke amadoda anamandla ahlanganiswe nawo onke amandla awo, ayinakukrazula.

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Kuphela lukholo, intelekelelo, imibongo, uthando, kunye nothando olunokusinceda siwuqhawule lo mqobo size sibone ngasemva kwawo, ihlabathi lobuhle obungathethekiyo kunye nokubengezela okuqaqambileyo.

Ngaba konke oku kuyinyaniso?Ah, Virginia, akukho nto yokwenyani kwaye isisigxina kwihlabathi liphela.

Akukho Santa Claus?Ndiyambulela uThixo kuba uyaphila ngoku, uphila ngonaphakade.Iminyaka eliwaka ukususela ngoku, uVirginia, hayi, iminyaka engamawaka alishumi ukususela ngoku, uya kuqhubeka ezisa uvuyo ezintliziyweni zabantwana.

NgoSeptemba 21, 1897, iNew York Sun yapapasha eli nqaku lomhleli kwiphepha lesixhenxe, elathi, nangona libekwe ngendlela engaqondakaliyo, latsala umdla ngokukhawuleza laza lasasazwa ngokubanzi, kwaye lisabambelele elona phephandaba lomhleli lishicilelwe ngokutsha kwimbali yolwimi lwesiNgesi.

Emva kokukhula njengentombazana encinci, uPaginia waba ngumfundisi-ntsapho waza wanikela ubomi bakhe kubantwana njengesekela-nqununu kwizikolo zikarhulumente ngaphambi kokuthatha umhlala-phantsi.

U-Paginia wafa ngo-1971 eneminyaka eyi-81. I-New York Times yathumela inqaku leendaba elikhethekileyo kuye elinesihloko esithi "uMhlobo kaSanta," apho yaqaliswa khona: umhleli obalaseleyo kwimbali yobuntatheli baseMelika wazalwa ngenxa yakhe.

I<em>The New York Times yagqabaza ukuba i-editorial ayizange iphendule nje kuphela umbuzo wentombazana encinci kwi-affirmative, kodwa yachazela wonke umntu intsingiselo yokugqibela yobukho bazo zonke iiholide.Umfanekiso wothando weeholide kugxininiso lobuhle kunye nobuhle, kwaye inkolelo kwintsingiselo yasekuqaleni yeeholide iya kuhlala isivumela ukuba sibe nokholo olunzulu othandweni.


Ixesha lokuposa: Oct-19-2022