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  Yes Virginia, There is a Santa Claus - Santaland.com
There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence.
Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus.
You tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest mean, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived could tear apart.
www.santaland.com /stories/virginia.html   (444 words)

  
  Santa Claus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Conventionally Santa Claus is portrayed as a kindly, round-bellied, merry, bespectacled man in a red coat trimmed with white fur, with a long white beard.
There is an occasional controversy in parenting as to whether it is appropriate to perpetuate the myth of Santa Claus to children.
Santa Claus is also a costumed character who appears at Christmas time in department stores or shopping malls, or at parties.
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 Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" was the headline that appeared over an editorial in the September 21, 1897 edition of the New York Sun.
His eight-year-old daughter, Virginia, had begun to doubt the existence of Santa Claus, her friends telling her he was fictional.
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.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yes,_Virginia,_there_is_a_Santa_Claus   (438 words)

  
 Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Yes Virginia there is a Santa Claus was the subheading over an editorial the New York Sun which has become extremely famous.
His daughter Virginia had begun to doubt the of Santa Claus her friends telling her he was fictional.
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus in Latin!: Vere, Virginia, Sanctus Nicolaus Est!
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 Encyclopedia: Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus   (Site not responding. Last check: )
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 Free Chrismas Greetings,Santa Claus Ecards,Santa Claus Greeting Cards,Santa Claus From 101Santa-Claus.com
The famous editorial "Yes, Virginia There is a Santa Claus", written by Francis P. Church and published in The New York Sun on September 21, 1897.
Some of my friends say there is no Santa Claus.
He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they aboundand give to your life its highest beauty and joy.
www.101santa-claus.com /virginia.html   (343 words)

  
 Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus Club - iBerkshires.com - Home
The Valatie Santa Claus Club prides itself as the first club of its kind in the nation, the seed of an idea that has inspired others to form.
Santa will arrive at the Village of Valatie Park Gazebo on December 24 at 2:00 PM to meet the children.
In 1897 an eight year old girl named Virginia O'Hanlon wrote a letter to The New York Sun, the paper that her parents usually read, asking if there really was a Santa Claus.
www.iberkshires.com /story.php?story_id=13010   (888 words)

  
 Penny's Place In Cyberspace ~ Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus ~
As children grow older and wiser, parents inevitably are faced with the question, "Is there a Santa Claus?" When Virginia O'Hanlon asked that question of her parents, they suggested she write the "New York Sun" for an answer.
You may tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart.
Virginia O'Hanlon Douglas died on May 13, 1971, at the age of 81, in a nursing home in Valatie, N.Y. Please click here for permission to use graphics.
www.pennyparker2.com /virginia.html   (979 words)

  
 Yes Virginia There Is A Santa Claus
Virginia O'Hanlon went on to graduate from Hunter College with a Bachelor of Arts degree at age 21.
Throughout her life she received a steady stream of mail about her Santa Claus letter, and to each reply she attached an attractive printed copy of the Church editorial.
Virginia O'Hanlon Douglas died on May 13, 1971, at the age of 81, in a nursing home in Valatie, N.Y.
www.theozarks.com /YesVirginia.htm   (826 words)

  
 CNN.com - Yes, West Virginia, there is a Santa Claus - Dec. 27, 2002
CNN.com - Yes, West Virginia, there is a Santa Claus - Dec. 27, 2002
Yes, West Virginia, there is a Santa Claus
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www.cnn.com /2002/US/12/26/powerball.jackpot/index.html   (422 words)

  
 Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus ... but Alek's Christmas Lights Webcam was NOT real ... in 2004
I do plan to continue the "Santa" hoax for at least another year with my older son, and hopefully a couple of years with the younger son, but the time had come to disclose the hoax that people really weren't really turning the lights on and off on my house for christmas/2004...
There is even an occasional "airplane" that shows up flying overhead - again, this is computer generated, as-is the stars across the night sky (and these actually "move" as the night progresses).
There were 2 other live TV interviews at the house the evening before, but I had anticipated this.
www.komar.org /xmas/hoax   (4813 words)

  
 Is there a Santa Claus?   (Site not responding. Last check: )
I enjoy engaging youngsters on the merits of Santa Claus, and I particularly delight in watching their facial expressions when I proclaim the virtues of Santa Claus.
There is rejuvenation found when the human soul redeems itself during the shortest, bleakest days while darkness abounds.
And yes, Lesia, Jennifer, Lexi, Sarah, Melissa, Nicole, Tanya and Stephanie, there is a Santa Claus!
www.aresearchguide.com /drksanta.html   (659 words)

  
 Yes Virginia There is a Santa Claus - Christmas - World Cultures European
That is, until some of her less fortunate friends told her there was no Santa Claus.
Virginia O'Hanlon Douglas died on May 13, 1971, at the age of 81.
It wasn't until after his death in 1906 that it became publicly known that he had written, "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus." Ironically, while he married shortly after the editorial appeared, he never became a father.
www.irishcultureandcustoms.com /ACalend/XVirginiaSanta.html   (1932 words)

  
 'Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus' - The Washington Times: Editorials/OP-ED - December 24, 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
www.washtimes.com /op-ed/20041222-111837-7891r.htm   (1355 words)

  
 Yes Virginia there is a Santa Claus
You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if you did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove?
You tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived could tear apart.
A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay 10 times 10,000 years form now he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.
www.thehistoryofchristmas.com /sc/yes_virginia.htm   (454 words)

  
 Yes Virginia There Is A Hell
This is a Bible Believers version of the famous editorial "Yes, Virginia There is a Santa Claus", written by Francis P. Church and published in The New York Sun on September 21, 1897.
Virginia, if there are the joys and beauty of heaven, certainly there must be the horror and torment of hell.
If there was no hell, there would be no Calvary, no gospel, no purpose, no Saviour and no hope.
www.av1611.org /othpubls/yeshell.html   (445 words)

  
 Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
More than a hundred years ago, a little girl named Virginia had a big problem.
Some of her friends had laughed at her belief in Santa Claus.
She was very distressed by this and believing that a reply in a newspaper might prove to her friends once and all that Santa did indeed exist, wrote a letter to the editor of the New York Sun in 1897.
www.diskuspublishing.com /virginia.html   (502 words)

  
 Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus - Ascension Research Center
Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus - Ascension Research Center
And so Virginia sat down and wrote her parents' favorite newspaper.
Virginia O'Hanlon Douglas died on May 13, 1971, at the age of 81, in a nursing home in Valatie, New York.
www.ascension-research.org /yes.html   (1006 words)

  
 Yes Virginia There is a Santa Claus
Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus.
Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.
Santa Claus letter, and to each reply she attached an attractive printed copy of the Church
www.alittlechristmasmagic.com /Yes_Virginia_T.html   (792 words)

  
 Yes Virginia There Is A Santa Claus   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Some of my friends say there is no Santa Claus.
He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they aboundand give to your life its highest beauty and joy.
There would be no childlike faiththen, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence.
www.av1611.org /othpubls/yesorig.html   (308 words)

  
 Pirate's Cove: Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Ye can rant and rave at me, but be mostly polite to any other commentors.
Virginia O'Hanlon Douglas died on May 13, 1971, at the age of 81, in a nursing home in Valatie, N.Y. Linked to the Outside the Beltway Christmas Linkfest.
I wish to point out that the adults who continue the Santa myth by teaching it to their children, do not themselves believe it.
piratescove.typepad.com /piratescove/2004/12/yes_virginia_th.html   (1335 words)

  
 Yes, Virginia There is a Santa Claus - Christmas Letter
Yes, Virginia There is a Santa Claus - Christmas Letter
You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if you did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove?
You tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived could tear apart.
www.spritzels.com /poems/virginia.html   (463 words)

  
 Newseum - Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus
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.
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.
You tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest man that ever lived, could tear apart.
www.newseum.org /yesvirginia   (493 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Books: Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus: The Classic Edition by Francis Pharcellus Church
Yes, Virginia, it takes more than cute furry kittens and holiday baubles to make a successful picture book.
The text of the well-known editorial explaining that Santa Claus exists despite rumors to the contrary.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/038530854X?v=glance   (654 words)

  
 Antiques Roadshow/Appraise It Yourself: Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
Thousands of times the letter by Virginia O'Hanlon of New York City and the inspirational response from Francis Church, editor of the New York Sun, have appeared in print.
Or the "Yes Virginia, There Is a Perfect Christmas Gift" catalog printed in a quaint Vermont village.
But for Virginia O'Hanlon in 1897, it meant minor public appearances, speaking to children's groups, and a long-forgotten book about her and her letter.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/roadshow/appraiseit/game10/intro.html   (294 words)

  
 Christmas Dancing Cats - Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus
Christmas Dancing Cats - Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus
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www.animalloverworld.com /catchristmas4.html   (548 words)

  
 Yes, Virginia.. There is a Santa Claus.
The external light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.
Of course not, but that's not proof that they are not there.
You tear apart a baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the stongest man, nor even the united strength of all the stongest men that ever lived could tear apart.
www.stnick.com /believe.htm   (445 words)

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