My personal favorite is “Miracle on 34th Street.” “Miracle” is a wonderful movie about a young girl who lives with her mother in New York City. The girl (Natalie Wood as Susan) has been raised to be practical; her mother doesn’t fill Susan’s head with fantasies such as fairy tales. However the man hired to be Santa Claus at Macy’s Store, where Susan’s mother works, claims to be none other than the real Santa. A neighbor who is a lawyer represents “Santa Claus” and ends up proving in a court of law that “Santa” is the true and real Santa.
Along the way Susan’s mother ends up believing and trying to convince her daughter to believe. She tells Susan “Faith is believing in things when common sense tells you not to.” Susan is disillusioned when Santa doesn’t bring the gift she wants, but she continues to chant, “I believe, I believe, it’s silly, but I believe” to convince herself. And Santa does come through in the end.
Aren’t we a lot like Susan?
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3 comments:
Common sense tells me that there is no other possibility. Nothing else makes sense. There must be a God. Great message.
What do you mean "CLAIMS" to be the real Santa! All you have to do is just ask our dad and he'll tell you that he "WAS" the real Santa.
Thanks for doing the Mr Linky thing for me. I completely forgot that part.
Now I'm off to read..."The Rest of the Story"
Did you stop doing the Examiner?
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