“Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus,” Church wrote. “He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and ...

Santa’s existence was proved conclusively in 1897 by Francis P. Church, of The New York Sun. His editorial is reprinted here ...

One of the most famous letters to the editor ever published was written by an 8-year-old girl who had doubts about Santa ...

Francis P. Church’s editorial, 'Yes Virginia, There is a Santa Claus' first appeared in The New York Sun in 1897, and is ...

Dec. 20 to noon Christmas Day, Santa can be reached by radio 24/7 to all first responders in Hampton Roads, including local ...

Santa arrived in Bristol, Virginia on Christmas Eve riding on the back of a S.W.A.T. Bearcat. Members of the Bristol ...

The Sun published what was to become the most widely read letter to a newspaper. It was sent by 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon, ...

Is it all real?’ the Sun asked 127 years ago. ‘Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.’ ...

The journalist Francis P. Church, a native of Rochester, wrote thousands of editorials for The New York Sun. He is known for just one: an unsigned response to a letter from an 8-year-old girl being ...

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 your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas!

The following editorial, “Is there a Santa Claus?” first appeared in the New York Sun on Sept. 21, 1897. It was written by ...