Can Santa Cure Diseases and Stop Wars?
Christmas Truce
Quite a few people, young and old, make very special requests of the elves and me. They will ask us to cure someone they love of a disease like cancer. Some people will ask us if we can bring peace on Earth.
It makes us sad that people have to ask for help. It makes us even sadder that we cannot help them.
You see, there is nothing that the elves and I would love to do more than to find a cure for all the diseases there are. It’s just that, well, while us elves are really good at making toys and other Christmas presents, we just aren’t very good when it comes to medicine and laboratories. I think that’s why we like making toys — because it’s the one thing we can do to make people happy, even if it’s not as important as finding a cure for diseases.
We do know there are lots of people working hard to cure diseases and make people feel better and that gives us lots of hope.
If you feel sad because someone you know has a terrible disease or if you are sad for any other reason, remember that you can always call the great people on our Help Line page.
There are many other things people ask us for that we cannot bring either, like peace on Earth and for wars to stop.
I did actually stop the Great War (or as it is known now, World War I) in 1914 for a very short while on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.  The soldiers of the two sides even played a friendly game of football (soccer) for a while! Sadly the Christmas Truce did not last and the war started again.
Everyone at the North Pole really wishes there was a lot more that we could do for people. In the end however, I think that there are some things that people have to do for themselves.
Merry Christmas!
Santa Claus
P.S. Are you upset with the elves and me that we cannot cure diseases and stop wars? (You can tell me here. Or, scroll down to see what others have written!)
December 8th, 2010 at 4:29 pm
Why would we be mad? Nobody can stop wars, unless the leaders choose to make up or somebody wins. It IS pretty sad to think that people are killing each other, but you gotta do what ya gotta do. I hope you have a good Christmas! Say hi to the elves, Mrs. Claus and the reindeer for me!
-Junie
December 6th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
i really thinck that poor pepple must go somewere safe
December 6th, 2010 at 1:49 am
Stop the war! Children have the right to a happy childhood, but it is true, when their fathers were with them at home rather than war.
December 5th, 2010 at 8:00 am
hi santa my freinds dada in the war i feel sorry for her to bad sigh
December 5th, 2010 at 7:46 am
You can do it,i know you can!
December 5th, 2010 at 7:44 am
Santa, you can stop this horrible thing if we all work together and even the elfs are not even too small! WE CAN DO THIS!(WINK*)
December 4th, 2010 at 11:06 pm
hey santa i really hate people dieding.do hate it.i hate people dieing in wwars to it’s bad.can you stop it.i hope you can.i don’t like seeing people with diseases.it’s bad they got to live with it
love
ALEXIS
December 4th, 2010 at 6:01 pm
how do you cure worts?
December 4th, 2010 at 8:36 am
well i think that we should try more and more to stop this.
December 4th, 2010 at 12:40 am
dear santa how do you have the time to write this awesome blog when you have to watch so many naughty kids (like me?)