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Is There a Santa Claus (Virginia O'Hanlon)

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Is There a Santa Claus? (1897)
by Virginia O'Hanlon

A letter written in 1897 by an eight-year-old girl, Virginia O'Hanlon, to The Sun, replied by Francis Pharcellus Church's editorial Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.

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The original letter.

Dear Editor:
     I am eight years old.
Some of my little friends
say there is no Santa
Claus. Papa says "if
you see it in the Sun
it's so." Please tell
me the truth: is there
a Santa Claus?
      Virginia O'Hanlon.
      115 W. 95th St.

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