Stockings Full of Legs: Finding Wonder in the Unexpected with G.K. Chesterton

Wonder and awe keep the soul alive.

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Parting with the idea that Santa Claus was real wasn’t easy for me as a child. In the Soviet Union, it was Father Frost, not Santa Claus, who brought gifts. I began suspecting that the presents under our New Year’s tree could be of human origin pretty early, but another part of me would always say, “Well, you can’t be absolutely sure.”

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