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	Francis Pharcellus Church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Francis Pharcellus Church (February 22, 1839 – April 11, 1906) was an American publisher and editor.
		A third brother John Adams Church was famous as a mining engineer, and was present in Tombstone, Arizona, at the time of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
		With his brother William Conant Church he established the "Army and Navy Journal" in 1863, and "Galaxy" magazine in 1866.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Francis_Pharcellus_Church (171 words)

	Carolina Morning News on the Web Opinion - Yes, Virginia ... 12/25/99
		The author is Francis Pharcellus Church, but it was not until his death in 1906 that the Sun revealed that the editorial came from his pen.
		Church himself viewed it as a merely friendly reply to a little girl's query concerning Santa Claus, with never a thought that it would become immortal and that mothers and fathers the world over would look for his editorial at Christmastime to read to their children.
		This editorial first appeared in the old New York Sun in 1897 and has been handed down as a journalistic classic.
	www.lowcountrynow.com /stories/122599/OPEDeditorial.shtml (587 words)

	Augusta Georgia: Opinions:'Yes, Virginia ...' 12/24/02
		The author was Francis Pharcellus Church, but it was not until his death in 1906 that the Sun revealed that the editorial came from his pen.
		Church himself viewed it as merely a friendly reply to a little girl's query concerning Santa Claus, with never a thought that it would become immortal and that fathers and mothers the world over would look for his editorial at Christmastime to read to their children.
		Traditionally, it had been the Augusta Herald's custom at this time of the year to reproduce an editorial that appeared in the old New York Sun in 1897, and which has been handed down as a journalistic classic.
	chronicle.augusta.com /stories/122402/opi_032P8304.shtml (689 words)

	Church History in America
		Benjamin Church, (1734-1778?) graduate of Harvard, physician, poet, author and grandson of the illustrious colonel, was accused during the early days of Revolutionary hostility in Boston, of collaborating with the British; tried in a court-martial with General Washington presiding, he was sentenced to life in prison.
		Benjamin Church, (1639-1718) led the Massachusetts colonists' militia in the 1676 war against the Wampanoag chief King Philip (Metacomet, the son of Massasoit), ending the Indian uprising in the region, where raids on the frontier settlements destroyed many towns with captives taken.
		The putative first Church to step foot upon the new world was Richard Church from Oxford, England, (1608-1668) who arrived at the fledgling Plymouth colony in 1630 aboard the fleet with Winthrop; a carpenter, he built the settlement's first Puritan meeting house of worship.
	churchtree.tripod.com /churchhist.html (962 words)

	Lana Whited at Roanoke.Com
		Church himself apparently had reservations about taking an official position on Santa's existence, and, in some quarters, he was criticized for using editorial space for what some perceived to be a trivial subject.
		Broun argued that Church's declaration encouraged children like Virginia to maintain an illusion and discouraged the "healthy skepticism" which she had expressed in her inquiry.
		Santa Claus, wrote Church, "exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist," and you can tell from his vocabulary that he had in mind an audience somewhat broader than 8-year-old Virginia.
	www1.roanoke.com /magazine/whited/121899.html (842 words)

	Kent Jeffrey Reverses Himself on Roswell
		Francis Pharcellus Church, a former Civil War correspondent and an aging writer for the Sun, replied to Virginia's letter in one of the most eloquent and enduring editorial responses in the history of journalism.
		Church transcended the cold hard facts of reality and avoided shaking Virginia's childlike faith by subtly alluding to Santa Claus as a metaphor for that which is good and noble in life -- 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 your life its highest beauty and joy....
	www.roswellfiles.com /storytellers/KentJeffrey1.htm (2208 words)

	Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus - MindSharer Article Archive
		While he was possibly passing the buck because he could not bear to tell his daughter that Santa Claus was a myth, he unwittingly gave one of the paper's editors, Francis Pharcellus Church, an opportunity to rise above the simple question, and address the philosophical issues behind it.
		Church was a war correspondent during the American Civil War, a time which saw great suffering and a corresponding lack of hope and faith in much of society.
		O'Hanlon told her to write to the Sun, a prominent New York newspaper at the time, assuring her the paper would tell her the truth.
	articles.mindsharer.com /html/Yes,_Virginia,_there_is_a_Santa_Claus (422 words)

	Pharcellus Church
		CHURCH, Pharcellus, clergyman, born in Seneca, near Geneva, New York, 11 August, 1801; died in Tarrytown, New York, 5 June, 1886.
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		In 1863, with his brother Francis, he established the "Army and Navy Journal," of which he is at present editor and proprietor, and in 1866 the " Galaxy" magazine.
	www.famousamericans.net /pharcelluschurch (701 words)

	Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus
		Church was characterized as a drunken street fighter (he actually was a teetotaling Baptist) whose wife had died (she in fact outlived him) during childbirth (in fact, they had no children).
		Church's 1906 obituary disclosed for the first time that he had been the author of the Christmas classic, although the family had known this well - always good for conversation at those illimitable reunions.
		Church — who was not an impatient Scrooge — and a misrepresentation of the decision to write to The Sun.
	www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com /santa/frank_church.htm (1140 words)

	List of people by name: Chs-Chz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Church, Francis Pharcellus, (1839-1906), American editor and publisher
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_people_by_name:_Chs-Chz (90 words)

	Alibris: Pharcellus Church
		by Church, Francis Pharcellus, and O'Hanlon, Virginia, and Kringe, Matthias
		by [Church, Francis Pharcellus], and O'Hanlon, Virginia, and Hausman, Suzanne
		by Church, Francis Pharcellus, and Nast, Thomas (Illustrator), and Allison, Christine (Introduction by)
	www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Church,Pharcellus (388 words)

	frank church Information and Resources - God Has A Dream by Archbishop Desmond Tutu
		Francis Church's father, Pharcellus, was a Baptist minister and...
		Church of god started hot longer came non denominational st mary's diocese st thomas more, diocese anglican seventh day adventist st catherine's calvary church of god st patrick's yfc baptist.
		CHURCH, Frank Forrester, a Senator from Idaho; born in Boise, Ada County, Idaho, July 25, 1924...
	www.godhasadream.com /church/church/frank-church.html (808 words)

	MrsSanta : Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus
		The newspaper's 500-word reply -- written without a byline by Francis Pharcellus Church and headlined "Is There a Santa Claus?" -- became the most reprinted editorial of all time.
		Francis P. Church's editorial, "Yes Virginia, There is a Santa Claus" was an immediate sensation, and became one of the most famous editorials ever written.
		Church, a sardonic man, had for his personal motto, "Endeavour to clear your mind of cant." When controversal subjects had to be tackled on the editorial page, especially those dealing with theology, the assignments were usually given to Church.
	just4santaclaus.tripod.com /holidays/christmas/page03_yes-virginia.htm (975 words)

	LearnThis.Info Encyclopedia articles beginning with 'Fr'
		Francis Thomas de Grey Cowper, 7th Earl Cowper
		F > Fr Listed below are all articles that begin with Fr.
	encyclopedia.learnthis.info /f/fr (63 words)

	"Yes, Virginia" -- One Hundred Years of Santa Claus
		In the fall of 1897, Francis Church was an editorial writer, commenting deftly, if anonymously, on a whole range of issues.
		They're ecstatic that they don't have to crank out another Christmas essay of their own every year; they can just slap Francis Church and his "Yes, Virginia" up there on the page and go straight to the office party.
		When Church's boss handed him Virginia O'Hanlon's letter and suggested he draft a reply for the editorial page, Church was less than thrilled.
	yesrick.com /rh92197.htm (771 words)

	NewStandard: 12/25/97
		Francis Pharcellus Church's famous reply, written after he went back to his desk growling about being required to respond to this child's letter, was kept anonymous until his death at the age of 67.
		It bore the headline, "Is There a Santa Claus?" and was written by Francis Pharcellus Church, who was born in Rochester, New York, on Feb. 22, 1839, and died in New York on April 11, 1906.
		It was his idea that his distraught daughter should write about her concerns to the editor of the paper, a former Civil War correspondent with a reputation as a crusty old cynic, who had seen enough misery and death in one year of war, 1862, to haunt him the rest of his life.
	www.southcoasttoday.com /daily/12-97/12-25-97/b04op053.htm (667 words)

	World of Quotes - Francis Pharcellus Church Quotes.
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	www.worldofquotes.com /author/Francis-Pharcellus-Church/1 (56 words)

	mediabistro.com: Articles: Yes, Virginia
		Francis Pharcellus Church was an editorial writer at the New York Sun when he was asked to respond to O'Hanlon's query.
		By Francis Pharcellus Church – December 23, 2003
		Little Virginia O'Hanlon went on to earn a bachelor's degree from Hunter College and a master's from Columbia; she had a 47-year career in the New York City public school system and died in 1971 at the age of 81.
	www.mediabistro.com /articles/cache/a1002.asp (766 words)

	The Eleventh Day - A History of Christmas - History
		Francis Pharcellus Church, lead editor of the New York Sun on the 20th of September, 1897, sat in his office busy with his work when he was interrupted by a knock at his door.
		Church, son of a Baptist minister, set the letter down and looked back at the clock.
		He also realized the scrutiny his answer would be given, not just by the children of New York, but by the church affiliated readers of the Sun.
	www.bellaonline.com /ArticlesP/art16011.asp (808 words)

	Newseum - Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus
		The work of veteran newsman Francis Pharcellus Church has since become history's most reprinted newspaper editorial, appearing in part or whole in dozens of languages in books, movies, and other editorials, and on posters and stamps.
		Newsman Francis Pharcellus Church wrote The Sun's response to Virginia.
		Eight-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York's Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897.
	www.newseum.org /yesvirginia (493 words)

	Iglesia De Francis Pharcellus
		English version: Francis Pharcellus Church Next: Conjunción astronómica Up
		La iglesia de Francis Pharcellus (de febrero el 22 de 1839 - de abril el 11 de 1906) era editor y redactor americanos.
		Con su iglesia de Guillermo Conant del hermano él estableció el compartimiento "diario del ejército y de la marina" en 1863, y de la "galaxia" en 1866.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/ig/Iglesia%20De%20Francis%20Pharcellus.htm (184 words)

	Copresco/Copies Overnight, Inc.: Yes Virginia...
		Francis Pharcellus Church wrote an enduring editorial —— "Is There A Santa Claus?" —— that first appeared in The New York Sun on September 21, 1897.
		Since then, it has been reprinted as a classic expression of Christmas sentiment hundreds of times in numerous languages.
		The story of Virginia, however, is 100 years old.
	www.copresco.com /yesvirg.htm (508 words)

	bolchazy.com: Latin — Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa ClausIn Latin!: Vere, Virginia, Sanctus Nicolaus est!
		Church's reply, a testimony to the existence of Santa Claus, on the marvels of the unseen but very real world of wonder, are now a part of Christmas lore.
		This edition offers a translation into Latin of the text of Church's well-known editorial.
		The language used in the one of philosophical and moral discourse.
	www.bolchazy.com /prod.php?cat=latin&id=5068 (474 words)

	Yes, Virgina, There Is a Santa Claus - JimsDeli NYC Guide
		Francis Church's editorial was reprinted each year until the NY Sun went out of business in 1949
		We like to envision Francis P Church as the pro-typical crusty, old newspaperman.
		Virginia O'Hanlon, Francis P Church and the famous New York Sun editorial
	www.jimsdeli.com /christmas/yes-virginia.htm (766 words)

	News for Monday, December 24, 2001
		This famous editorial, written by Francis Pharcellus Church, appeared in The New York Sun in 1897.
		It remains appropriate for this holiday season 104 years later.
	www.eagletribune.com /news/stories/20011224/EDindex.htm (26 words)

	David M: Yes, Virginia
		The famous unsigned (but written by Francis Pharcellus Church) editorial from the Sept. 21, 1897 edition of the New York Sun is here in the original and here in reprint.
		This is a paragraph of text that could go in the sidebar.
		In hope that it is in the public domain, and at the risk of being trite, I reprint it here:
	davidm.blogspot.com /2004/12/yes-virginia.html (736 words)

	New Page 1
		I'll take his opinion on that but I can be sure that I did not deal with the Santa Claus issue with the same aplomb as, the New York Sun's, lead writer, Francis Pharcellus Church did in 1897.
		Visiting a church, sited on a spot reputed to be the landing place of Jesus Christ and his uncle many thousands of miles from Palestine, I came across the festival of Christingle.
		Is there a Santa Claus?' The full text of the famous reply by Church is on this website: http://www.historychannel.com/cgi-bin/frameit.cgi?p=http%3A//www.historychannel.com/exhibits/holidays/christmas/virginia.html
	www.planorganic.com /news%20dec%2001.htm (4371 words)

	Francis Pharcellus Church - Boganmeldelse.com
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	www.boganmeldelse.com /Francis-Pharcellus-Church (144 words)

	Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus - 038530854X
		By: Church, Francis Pharcellus/ Nast, Thomas (Ilt)/ O'Hanlon, Virginia/ Allison, Christine/ O'Hanlon, Virginia/ Allison, Christine
		Cover scans & book quotes copyrighted by their respective owners.
	www.findalocalbook.com /proddir/products12/038530854X.html (50 words)

	LEO - The New York Public Library
		by Francis Pharcellus Church ; foreword by Christine Allison ; illustrations by Thomas Nast.
	leopac.nypl.org /ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=dial--3&index=ISBN&term=038530854X (54 words)

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