IMAGINATION

 

I was watching an old Turner Classic Movie on my Cox cable high definition TV a few days ago ... "Miracle on 34th Street" where Santa Claus is teaching a young girl the art of imagination which she was never allowed to develop because her Mother didn't believe that was good and her child would grow up indulging in fantasies rather than functioning realistically ... Her Mother also didn't allow her to believe in Santa Claus and told her that it was only a myth (not allowing the young girl to be a child and play as others normally play)....Well the story is about this elderly man who allegedly is Santa Claus who is given a psychiatric exam and about to be fired as a dangerous maniac threat and instead teaches all the meaning of Christmas and of love.

 

In trying to explain imagination to the young girl, Santa explained that it was a nation.... just like the French Nation, the United Nations, or other nations in the world.... Imagine..Nation.  Imagination is a place where anything is possible, where dreams are made, and where you can explore and discover all you ever wanted to experience and be.  That is not the exact script but vaguely what he said to her so to start he had her pretend to be a monkey and she said "I don't know how to be a monkey" LOL That movie mixes hope with human desire for something to be true or the emotional need to believe against all reason which says it is can not be with elements of reality's realism in such a way it does underscore the value of imagination in our lives.. creativity and imagination .... a wonderful classic movie.  So when someone says you might as well believe in Santa Claus .... well, I still do.... and so does the rest of the world it seems. St. Nicholas ... AKA Chris Kringle ... etc and if someone thinks there is no Santa Claus, he might just prove them wrong this Christmas!