UP Ibalon Bicol: Who is Santa Claus?

Who is Santa Claus?

12/19/2008 | Posted by mesiamd | Edit Post

It's always good for us to pause
And think awhile of Santa Claus--
That jolly symbol we revere
When we approach the changing year.
Behind his beard so long and white,
In which our children take delight,
There beats a heart from color free
Which bids all children "come to me."
---MARSHALL M. MORGAN, "The Spirit of Santa Claus"

Santa Claus is anyone who loves another
and seeks to make them happy; who gives
himself by thought or word or deed in every gift
that he bestows; who shares his joys with those
who are sad; whose hand is never closed against
the needy; whose arm is ever outstretched to aid
the weak; whose sympathy is quick and genuine
in time of trouble; who recognizes a comrade
and brother in every man he meets upon life's
common road; who lives his life throughout
the entire year in the Christmas spirit.
---EDWIN OSGOOD GROVER, Vicki Howard's The Book of Santa Claus