Thank you for your letter. Youasked a very good question:“Are you Santa?”
谢谢你的信,你问了一个非常好的问题:“圣诞老人是你吗?”
I know you’ve wanted the answer to this question for a longtime,and I’ve had to give it careful thought to know just what to say.
我知道你想问这个问题已经很长时间了,而我也一直在认真地考虑如何回答你。
The answer is no. I am not Santa. There is no one Santa.
答案是“不”。我不是圣诞老人,圣诞老人不是一个人。suncitybyw.com
I am the person who fills your stockings with presents, though.I also choose and wrap the presents under the tree,the same way my mom did forme, and the same way her mom did for her. (And yes, Daddy helps,too.)
I imagine you will someday do this for your children, and I knowyou will love seeing them run down the stairs on Christmas morning. You willlove seeing them sit under the tree,their small faces lit with Christmaslights.
This won’t make you Santa,though.Santa is bigger than any person,and his work has gone on longer thanany of us have lived. What he does is simple,but it is powerful. He teacheschildren how to have belief in something they can’t see or touch.
It’s a big job,and it’s an important one. Throughout your life,you will need this capacity to believe:in yourself,in your friends,in yourtalents and in your family. You’ll also need to believe in things you can’tmeasure or even hold in your hand. Here,I am talking about love, that greatpower that will light your life from the inside out,even during its darkest,coldest moments.
Santa is a teacher,and I have beenhis student,and now you know the secret of how he gets down all those chimneyson Christmas Eve:he has help from all the people whose hearts he’s filled withjoy.
With full hearts, people like Daddy and me take our turnshelping Santa do a job that would otherwise be impossible.带着如此的心,像爸爸和我这样的人轮流帮助着圣诞老人完成那些否则无法完成的工作.sunbetbbd.com
So,no. I am not Santa. Santa is love and magic and hope andhappiness. I’m on his team,and now you are, too.因此,不,我不是圣诞老人。圣诞老人是爱,奇迹,希望和喜悦。我是他的团队里的一员,现在,你也是了。