I Believe.

Have you written your letter to Santa yet?  What are you waiting for?

Don’t tell me… you don’t… BELIEVE!?

Give your serious side a break this month and get wrapped up in the idea that some fat guy who lives with a bunch of midgets is going to break into your house while you’re sleeping and stuff random crap into your socks!


COME ON, IT’S FUN!

Seriously, though, writing a little letter to Santa with your kids is a fun way to let the imagination and magic sparkle at this time of year.

And right now Macy’s is making it even better, with their Believe Campaign.

In 1897 a little girl named Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the Editor of The New York Sun:

Dear Editor,

I am 8 years old.  Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus.  Papa says if you see it in The Sun it’s so.  Please tell me the truth.  Is there a Santa Claus?

The Editor published his response in The New York Sun.  An excerpt:

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.  He exists just as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy.

You can see the full response here.

Right now, Macy’s Believe Campaign is asking you to help preserve that magic for your kids by writing letters to Santa with them.  And for every letter you bring to Santa’s Letterbox at Macy’s, they will donate $1 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation (a non-profit charity that grants wishes to children with life-threatening medical conditions).

So let yourself Believe.