“Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus”
News Staff
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
This letter to the editor of The New York Sun from eight-yearold Virginia O’Hanlon first appeared in December of 1897. The letter and the reply penned by Frances P. Church have been reprinted thousands of times. No one has come up with a better answer to the Santa Claus question than Church. The words “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus” have become a part of Christmas lore.
