Mommy..Daddy..Is There A Santa Claus?

Written by Mark Bulleit


Is there really a Santa Claus? Any parent who hasn't been faced with this question most likely will at some point. But how do you answer this? No one wants to crush a child's dreams of Santa and holiday magic.

Some kids, like me, are crushed at school when they hear from a classmate that they found all their presents under their parents' bed, thus, proving there really is no Santa. Then, reasoning sets in, which is aboutrepparttar time they begin to wonder why they have been told this fairy tale all this time as it wasrepparttar 110742 truth.

So, is there truly a Santa Claus? Well, if you are in this position you will probably be glad to hear thatrepparttar 110743 only true answer to this question is...yes, absolutely.

The name "Santa Claus" came fromrepparttar 110744 Dutch "Sinter Klass" pronunciation of St. Nicholas. St. Nicholas was a Christian priest, who later became a bishop. He was a wealthy person, and traveledrepparttar 110745 country helping others, giving gifts of money and other presents. St. Nicholas chose to remain hidden while giving these gifts, sorepparttar 110746 children were told to go to sleep quickly or he would not come!

One famous story is about a poor man who had no money to give to his three daughters on their wedding day. St. Nicholas dropped bags of gold intorepparttar 110747 stockings whichrepparttar 110748 girls had left to dry byrepparttar 110749 fire. Ever since, children have hung up stockings on Christmas Eve hoping that they will be filled with gifts by Christmas morning.

According torepparttar 110750 Catholics, a saint is one who lived such a holy life that, after dying and going to heaven, is still able to help people on earth.

Inrepparttar 110751 1500's people in England stopped worshipping St. Nicholas and favored another gift giving figure Father Christmas.

The Truth About Early Pregnancy Tests

Written by Karen Zastudil


You've missed your period and you think you may be pregnant. You've been trying for so long and you really would like to know! What should you do now? Well, inrepparttar early days, there was a trip torepparttar 110741 doctor andrepparttar 110742 rabbit test. Unfortunately, if you were expecting allrepparttar 110743 rabbit could expect or hope for was a quick death. Today there is something better! Inrepparttar 110744 early 1970'srepparttar 110745 home pregnancy test came to be. By detecting levels of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) inrepparttar 110746 urine we are now able to quickly and effectively find out if we are expecting, in our own home without endangering any wildlife. But, how reliable are these tests? Don't be misled by manufacturers claiming 99% accuracy withinrepparttar 110747 first day or two of a missed period. New research suggests thatrepparttar 110748 majority of home pregnancy tests are not able to detectrepparttar 110749 small amounts of hCG passed inrepparttar 110750 urine this soon. "If it's really essential to you to know whether you're pregnant as early as possible, then you must use a super-sensitive test." It was noted that among 18 products tested, only one - First Response Early Result Pregnancy Test - appeared to be sensitive enough to detect pregnancy in at least 95 percent of women onrepparttar 110751 first day of their missed periods.

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