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<\/p>\nNga Francis P. Church<\/b>, botuar s\u00eb pari m\u00eb 1897 n\u00eb The New York Sun<\/i>
\nwww.voal-online.ch<\/b>, 25.12.2010<\/i><\/p>\n
Arriti Plaku i Vitit t\u00eb Ri !<\/b>
\nThe New York Sun m\u00eb 1897<\/i><\/p>\n
Nj\u00eb editorial q\u00eb ka 113 vjet q\u00eb vazhdon t\u00eb b\u00ebj\u00eb histori
\nPo, Virxhinia, Plaku i Vitit t\u00eb Ri \u00ebsht\u00eb – Yes, Virginia There is a Santa Claus !<\/b><\/p>\n
Nga Francis P. Church<\/b>,
\nPublikuar s\u00eb pari n\u00eb The New York Sun m\u00eb 1897<\/i><\/p>\n
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Me d\u00ebshir\u00eb t\u00eb plot\u00eb i p\u00ebrgjigjemi letr\u00ebs s\u00eb m\u00ebposht\u00ebme, duke shprehur n\u00eb t\u00eb nj\u00ebjt\u00ebn koh\u00eb, k\u00ebnaq\u00ebsin\u00eb ton\u00eb m\u00eb t\u00eb lart\u00eb se autorja e k\u00ebtyre rreshtave rradhitet n\u00eb numrin e miqve t\u00eb gazet\u00ebs The Sun:<\/p>\n
Letra<\/p>\n
I dashur Botues \u2014<\/p>\n
Un\u00eb jam 8 vje\u00e7e. Disa nga shok\u00ebt e mi t\u00eb vegj\u00ebl m\u00eb thon\u00eb se nuk ka Plak t\u00eb Vitit t\u00eb Ri. Babi m\u00eb tha: \u201cN\u00ebse \u00ebsht\u00eb tek gazeta The Sun, do t\u00eb thot\u00eb se \u00ebsht\u00eb.\u201d T\u00eb lutem m\u00eb thuaj t\u00eb v\u00ebrtet\u00ebn, a ekziston Plaku i Vitit t\u00eb Ri ?<\/p>\n
Virginia O\u2019Hanlon<\/i><\/p>\n
E dashur Virxhinia,<\/p>\n
shok\u00ebt e tu t\u00eb vegj\u00ebl e kan\u00eb gabim. Ata jan\u00eb infektuar nga skepticizmi i er\u00ebs s\u00eb skepticizmit. Ata nuk besojn\u00eb p\u00ebrve\u00e7se kur shohin. Ata mendojn\u00eb se nuk mund t\u00eb ekzistoj\u00eb asgj\u00eb q\u00eb nuk \u00ebsht\u00eb e kuptueshme prej mendjeve t\u00eb tyre t\u00eb vogla. T\u00eb gjitha mendjet, Virxhinia, qofshin t\u00eb njer\u00ebzve t\u00eb rritur apo t\u00eb f\u00ebmij\u00ebve, jan\u00eb t\u00eb vogla. N\u00eb k\u00ebt\u00eb universin ton\u00eb t\u00eb pakufish\u00ebm, njeriu me intelektin e tij \u00ebsht\u00eb i vog\u00ebl sa nj\u00eb milingon\u00eb, n\u00ebse do ta krahasonim me bot\u00ebn pa kufi q\u00eb e rrethon at\u00eb, si nj\u00eb mas\u00eb nga aft\u00ebsia e inteligjencies e t\u00eb kuptuarit t\u00eb s\u00eb v\u00ebrtet\u00ebs dhe dijeve.<\/p>\n
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Po, Virxhinia, Plaku i Vitit t\u00eb Ri ekziston. Ai ekziston aq sigurisht sa edhe dashuria, mir\u00ebsia dhe p\u00ebrkushtimi q\u00eb dihet se ekzistojn\u00eb, dhe ti e di se ato jan\u00eb me boll\u00ebk duke i dh\u00ebn\u00eb jet\u00ebs suaj bukuri t\u00eb plot\u00eb dhe g\u00ebzim. Helas! sa e zymt\u00eb dhe e m\u00ebrzit\u00ebshme do t\u00eb ishte bota n\u00ebse Plaku i Vitit t\u00eb Ri nuk do t\u00eb ishte! Pa Plakun e Vitit t\u00eb Ri, bota do t\u00eb ishte aq e zymt\u00eb dhe e trisht\u00eb sikur t\u00eb mos ishte as Virxhinia. At\u00ebhere nuk do t\u00eb ekzistonte as besimi i pafajsh\u00ebm f\u00ebmij\u00ebnor, as poezia, as romanca q\u00eb e lejon k\u00ebt\u00eb ekzistenc\u00eb. Ne nuk do ta njihnim as haren\u00eb dhe g\u00ebzimin, p\u00ebrve\u00e7se kur ta shihnim dhe preknim me shqisat tona. Drita e p\u00ebrjet\u00ebshme me t\u00eb cil\u00ebn f\u00ebmij\u00ebria e mbush bot\u00ebn do t\u00eb ishte e fikur dhe e shuar.<\/p>\n
T\u00eb mos besosh tek Plaku i Vitit t\u00eb Ri do t\u00eb ishte nj\u00eblloj sikur t\u00eb mos i besoje magjis\u00eb s\u00eb p\u00ebrrallave. Ti mund ta bind\u00ebsh babin t\u00ebnd gjat\u00eb gjith\u00eb periudh\u00ebs s\u00eb Krishtlindjeve t\u00eb pajtoj\u00eb n\u00eb pun\u00eb njer\u00ebz q\u00eb t\u00eb ruajn\u00eb n\u00ebp\u00ebr oxhak\u00eb p\u00ebr t\u00eb kapur nj\u00eb Plak t\u00eb Vitit t\u00eb Ri, por edhe n\u00ebse askush nuk sheh nj\u00eb Plak t\u00eb Vitit t\u00eb Ri, e \u00e7far\u00eb provon kjo? Askush nuk e shikon Plakun e Vitit t\u00eb Ri, por kjo nuk \u00ebsht\u00eb nj\u00eb prov\u00eb se Plaku i Vitit t\u00eb Ri nuk \u00ebsht\u00eb. Gj\u00ebrat m\u00eb reale n\u00eb k\u00ebt\u00eb bot\u00eb jan\u00eb ato t\u00eb cilat as f\u00ebmij\u00ebt dhe as njer\u00ebzit e rritur nuk mund t\u2019i shohin.<\/p>\n
A i keni par\u00eb ju ndonj\u00ebher\u00eb shtojzavallet e p\u00ebrrallave duke k\u00ebrcyer mbi l\u00ebndin\u00eb? Natyrisht q\u00eb jo, por kjo p\u00ebrs\u00ebri nuk \u00ebsht\u00eb nj\u00eb prov\u00eb se ato nuk jan\u00eb. Askush nuk mund t\u00eb \u00e7oj\u00eb n\u00eb mendje dhe t\u00eb parafytyroj\u00eb t\u00eb gjitha mrekullit\u00eb e k\u00ebsaj bote q\u00eb jan\u00eb t\u00eb padukshme dhe t\u00eb pamundshme p\u00ebr t\u2019u par\u00eb.<\/p>\n
Ju e hapni rraketaken e foshnj\u00ebs dhe shikoni \u00e7far\u00eb e b\u00ebn zhurm\u00ebn p\u00ebrbrenda, por \u00ebsht\u00eb nj\u00eb vel q\u00eb mbulon bot\u00ebn e papar\u00eb t\u00eb cilin as burri m\u00eb i fuqish\u00ebm, madje as forca e bashkuar e t\u00eb gjith\u00eb burrave m\u00eb t\u00eb fuqish\u00ebm q\u00eb jetuan ndonj\u00ebher\u00eb nuk mund ta hap\u00eb at\u00eb.<\/p>\n
Vet\u00ebm besimi, poezia, dashuria, romanca mund ta shtyjn\u00eb m\u00ebnjan\u00eb at\u00eb perde dhe t\u00eb shohin e ta pikturojn\u00eb bukurin\u00eb hyjnore dhe lavdin\u00eb p\u00ebrtej. \u00cbsht\u00eb e gjuha reale? Oh, Virginia, n\u00eb gjith\u00eb k\u00ebt\u00eb bot\u00eb nuk ka asgj\u00eb tjet\u00ebr m\u00eb reale dhe m\u00eb t\u00eb v\u00ebrtet\u00eb.<\/p>\n
Nuk ka Plak T\u00eb Vitit t\u00eb Ri ?! Jo faleminderit Zotit ! Ai jeton dhe do t\u00eb jetoj\u00eb p\u00ebrgjith\u00ebnj\u00eb. Nj\u00eb mij\u00eb vjet p\u00ebrpara se tani, Virxhinia, dhe m\u00eb tep\u00ebr se 10 her\u00eb me nga 10000 (dhjet\u00eb mij\u00eb) vjet prej tani, ai do t\u00eb vazhdoj\u00eb t\u00eb b\u00ebj\u00eb t\u00eb lumtura zemrat e f\u00ebmij\u00ebris\u00eb.<\/p>\n
Rreth asaj q\u00eb e shkroi dhe atij q\u00eb iu p\u00ebrgjigj letr\u00ebs<\/p>\n
Editoriali i Francis P. Church \u2013 \u201cPo, Virxhinia, Plaku i Vitit t\u00eb Ri \u00ebsht\u00eb \u201e \u201cYes Virginia, There is a Santa Claus\u201d u kthye n\u00eb nj\u00eb sensacion t\u00eb v\u00ebrtet\u00eb, duke u b\u00ebr\u00eb nj\u00eb nd\u00ebr editorialet m\u00eb t\u00eb famshme t\u00eb botuar ndonj\u00ebher\u00eb. P\u00ebr her\u00eb t\u00eb par\u00eb u botua tek The New York Sun n\u00eb 1897, nj\u00ebqind e dymb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb vite duke u botuar p\u00ebr \u00e7do vit p\u00ebr nj\u00eb gjysm\u00eb shekulli deri m\u00eb 1949, kur gazeta nuk u botua m\u00eb.<\/p>\n
Tridhjet\u00eb e gjasht\u00eb vjet pas botimit t\u00eb letr\u00ebs, vet\u00eb Virginia O\u2019Hanlon do t\u00eb kujtonte se \u00e7far\u00eb e b\u00ebri at\u00eb q\u00eb ta shkruante k\u00ebt\u00eb let\u00ebr:<\/p>\n
\u201cShum\u00eb normalisht un\u00eb besoja tek Plaku i Vitit t\u00eb Ri, sepse ai asnj\u00ebher\u00eb nuk m\u00eb kishte zhg\u00ebnjyer mua. Por kur f\u00ebmij\u00eb jo aq fatlum\u00eb si un\u00eb filluan t\u00eb thoshin se nuk ekziston ndonj\u00eb Plak t\u00eb Vitit t\u00eb Ri, un\u00eb u mbusha me dyshime. Un\u00eb e pyeta tim at\u00eb, dhe ai ishte pak i mjegullt n\u00eb k\u00ebt\u00eb subjekt.<\/p>\n
\u201cN\u00eb familjen ton\u00eb e kishim p\u00ebr zakon, sa her\u00eb q\u00eb kishim ndonj\u00eb dyshim, edhe kur ishte n\u00eb pyetje se si shqiptohet nj\u00eb fjal\u00eb ose kishim ndonj\u00eb dyshim p\u00ebr ndonj\u00eb fakt historik, ne i drejtoheshim rubrik\u00ebs Pyetje dhe P\u00ebrgjigje tek gazeta The Sun. Andaj im at\u00eb gjithnj\u00eb na thoshte, \u2018N\u00ebse ju e shihni at\u00eb tek The Sun, do me th\u00ebn\u00eb se \u00ebsht\u00eb,\u2019 dhe kjo e zgjidhte \u00e7\u00ebshtjen.<\/p>\n
\u201c \u2018Mir\u00eb, do t\u2019i shkruaj The Sun p\u00ebr t\u00eb zbuluar si \u00ebsht\u00eb e v\u00ebrteta reale,\u2019 i thash\u00eb un\u00eb tim eti.<\/p>\n
\u201cAi m\u00eb tha, \u2018Shum\u00eb mir\u00eb Virxhinia, ashtu b\u00ebj. Dhe un\u00eb jam i bindur se The Sun do t\u00eb t\u00eb jap\u00eb ty p\u00ebrgjigjen e duhur, ashtu si vepron zakonisht.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n
Dhe k\u00ebshtu Virxhinia u ul dhe ia drejtoi letr\u00ebn e saj gazet\u00ebs s\u00eb preferuar t\u00eb prind\u00ebrve.<\/p>\n
Letra e saj gjat\u00eb rrug\u00ebtimit ra n\u00eb duart e veteranit editor, Francis P. Church (22 shkurt1839 \u2013 11 prill 1906. I biri i nj\u00eb kleriku t\u00eb lart\u00eb Baptist, Church kishte mbuluar p\u00ebr gazet\u00ebn The New York Times rubrik\u00ebn e Luft\u00ebs Civile dhe kishte punuar p\u00ebr 20 vjet rresht tek The New York Sun, m\u00eb s\u00eb fundmi si nj\u00eb editor-shkrimtar anonim. Church, nj\u00eb njeri sardonik, me nj\u00eb ironi ther\u00ebse, e kishte moto t\u00eb tij personale, \u201cP\u00ebrpjekja p\u00ebr t\u00eb qart\u00ebsuar mendjen t\u00ebnde nga e pamundura.\u201d Kur subjekte kontraverse botoheshin n\u00eb faqet e gazet\u00ebs, ve\u00e7an\u00ebrisht kur kishin t\u00eb b\u00ebnin me teologjin\u00eb, p\u00ebrgjigjet jepeshin nga Church.<\/p>\n
N\u00eb rastin ton\u00eb, ai mori n\u00eb duart e tij letr\u00ebn e vajz\u00ebs s\u00eb vog\u00ebl 8 vje\u00e7are e cila kishte t\u00eb b\u00ebnte me nj\u00eb \u00e7\u00ebshtje thell\u00ebsisht kontraverse, dhe ai u mbush me p\u00ebrgjegj\u00ebsi p\u00ebr t\u2019i kthyer p\u00ebrgjigje.<\/p>\n
\u201cA ekziston Plaku i Vitit t\u00eb Ri ?\u201d nj\u00eb zhgarravin\u00eb f\u00ebmij\u00ebnore pyet n\u00eb nj\u00eb let\u00ebr. Menj\u00ebher\u00eb, Church e diti se nuk kishte asnj\u00eb rrug\u00ebdalje p\u00ebr t\u2018iu shmangur k\u00ebsaj pyetjeje. Ai duhej t\u00eb p\u00ebrgjigjej, dhe duhej t\u00eb jepte nj\u00eb p\u00ebrgjigje t\u00eb besueshme p\u00ebr f\u00ebmij\u00ebn. Dhe k\u00ebshtu b\u00ebri. U ul n\u00eb tavolin\u00ebn e tij t\u00eb pun\u00ebs dhe filloi t\u00eb jepte p\u00ebrgjigjen, e cila do t\u00eb b\u00ebhej nj\u00ebri prej editorial\u00ebve m\u00eb t\u00eb paharruesh\u00ebm n\u00eb historin\u00eb e gazetaris\u00eb.<\/p>\n
Pak pas botimit t\u00eb editorialit, Church u martua, por vdiq shpejt, n\u00eb prillin e 1906, duke mos l\u00ebn\u00eb pas f\u00ebmij\u00eb.<\/p>\n
Virginia O\u2019Hanlon mbaroi Hunter College duke u diplomuar n\u00eb Arte (Bachelor of Arts) n\u00eb mosh\u00ebn 21 vje\u00e7. N\u00eb vitet e m\u00ebpastajme ajo mori nj\u00eb Master n\u00eb Universitetin Columbia, dhe m\u00eb 1912 filloi t\u00eb jepte m\u00ebsim n\u00eb nj\u00eb shkoll\u00eb t\u00eb New York City. M\u00eb von\u00eb u b\u00eb drejtuese. Pas 47 vjet pune, ajo doli n\u00eb pension. P\u00ebrgjat\u00eb gjith\u00eb jet\u00ebs ajo pati nj\u00eb korrespondenc\u00eb t\u00eb pafund n\u00eb lidhje me letr\u00ebn e saj p\u00ebr Plakun e Vitit t\u00eb Ri, dhe \u00e7do p\u00ebrgjigjeje q\u00eb shkruante ajo i bashkangjiste kopjen e editorialit t\u00eb Church. Virginia O\u2019Hanlon Douglas vdiq m\u00eb 13 maj t\u00eb vitit 1971, n\u00eb mosh\u00ebn 81 vje\u00e7are, n\u00eb nj\u00eb klinik\u00eb n\u00eb Valatie, N.Y.\/ Elida Bu\u00e7papaj<\/p>\n
Plaku i Vitit t\u00eb Ri nuk na harron kurr\u00eb<\/b><\/p>\n
N\u00eb foto: Virxhinia e vog\u00ebl, editori Francis P. Church dhe faksimile e gazet\u00ebs The Sun ku u botua editoriali<\/i><\/p>\n
E shqip\u00ebroi: Elida Bu\u00e7papaj<\/b><\/p>\n
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\nBravo Elida Bu\u00e7papaj, q\u00eb e ke p\u00ebrkthyer k\u00ebt\u00eb shkrim. Por duhet pohuar se Santa Claus – Plaku i vitit t\u00eb ri\/Krishtlindjes nuk ekziston n\u00eb t\u00eb v\u00ebrtet\u00eb dhe fama e k\u00ebtij shkrimi tregon edhe nj\u00eb here histerin\u00eb kolektive t\u00eb shoq\u00ebris\u00eb, q\u00eb ka d\u00ebshir\u00eb t\u00eb besoj\u00eb edhe t\u00eb pav\u00ebrtetat. Dhe p\u00ebrderisa The Sun e ka publikuar, n\u00ebn pretendimin se The Sun nuk g\u00ebnjen, gazeta ka r\u00ebn\u00eb n\u00eb fakt n\u00eb batakun e nj\u00eb g\u00ebnjeshtre t\u00eb madhe, p\u00ebr hir t\u00eb nj\u00eb vajze 8-vje\u00e7are.<\/b> \/Arben \u00c7okaj<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nga Francis P. Church, botuar s\u00eb pari m\u00eb 1897 n\u00eb The New York Sun www.voal-online.ch, 25.12.2010 Arriti Plaku i Vitit t\u00eb Ri ! The New York Sun m\u00eb 1897 Nj\u00eb editorial q\u00eb ka 113 vjet q\u00eb vazhdon t\u00eb b\u00ebj\u00eb histori Po, Virxhinia, Plaku i Vitit t\u00eb Ri \u00ebsht\u00eb – Yes, Virginia There is a Santa […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n