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A Christmas classic: Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus | Editorial
One of the most famous letters to the editor ever published was written by an 8-year-old girl who had doubts about Santa Claus. She sought help from The New York Sun. The answer, first published
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus – and a future for the U.S.
Yes, Virginia … and our other 49 states, there is, and will continue to be, a United States of America. In history's most reprinted newspaper editorial, written to the editor of the New York Sun in 1897,
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Is it all real?’ the Sun asked 127 years ago. ‘Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.’
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Yes, Virginia (and all other believers) there is a Santa Claus | Column
“Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus,” Church wrote. “He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy.” The editorial was destined to live on, far beyond Church’s death in 1906; the Sun’s, in 1950; and even Mrs. Virginia O’Hanlon Douglas’ in 1971.
EDITORIAL | Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus: Those famous words ring as true today as they did in 1897
It is, perhaps, the most famous editorial ever written. One that has been reprinted year in,, year out in newspapers around the world. It first appeared in the Sept. 27, 1897, edition of the New York Sun as a response to a letter from a little girl just 8 years old.
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Editorial: Yes, Virginia, there is always a Santa Claus
Santa’s existence was proved conclusively in 1897 by Francis P. Church, of The New York Sun. His editorial is reprinted here as a public service:
A classic Christmas story: 'Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus'
Francis P. Church’s editorial, 'Yes Virginia, There is a Santa Claus' first appeared in The New York Sun in 1897, and is reprinted annually.
Francis P. Church: Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus
"Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to our life its
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Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus | Editorial
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that ...
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