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Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa | Francis Pharcellus Church
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A beautifully illustrated gift edition based on the legendary letter and essay that appeared in 1897 in The New York Sun. That letter and its editorial response have become a Christmastime legend. Little did F.P. Church know back in 1897 that his response would come to stand for the affirmation of all the joy and magic of the holiday season.
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Deblovestoread
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8 year old Virginia writes a letter to the editor of her local newspaper. He wrote a column in response that has been turned into a book. This is part of the column. “He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exists…”♥️

#WinterReadathonDailyChallenge Day 6

DieAReader 🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻 2y
Andrew65 Sounds great 🎄🎄🎄 2y
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EadieB
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#WinterReadathonDailyChallenge #WinterReadathon

20 pts - St. Nicholas Day - December 6

Total pts. - 240

DieAReader 🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻 2y
Crazeedi Love this!! 2y
Andrew65 Love the title! 🎅🏼🎅🏼🎅🏼 2y
EadieB @Andrew65 Great title! 2y
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Deblovestoread
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#Wintergames #Teamreadnosedreindeer. Last nights viewing and holiday reading. Not being much of a Will Ferrell fan I have never watched Elf but I did last night and loved it. 116 pts Getting close to some holiday movie bingos with a blackout goal. Would someone please remind me who is hosting #ChristmasMovieBingo?

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TheBookbabeblog84
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Hello Radio City Music Hall 💋! #books #happiness #RadioCityMusicHall

Linsy Beautiful! 5y
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TheBookbabeblog84
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Bookbabe in the wild....I took sometime this weekend to go to NYC with a friend. As many times as I‘ve been to the city (I live 3 hrs away) I never ventured there at Christmas. Well....now that I‘ve seen the tree I can say I won‘t do this again for a while 😂😂. #nycchristmas #rockerfellachristmastree

Cinfhen Thanks for sharing the photo though!!! It‘s beautiful and makes me miss NYC 5y
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DaveGreen7777
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@JoScho Why do I love #ManicMonday so much? BeClaus it‘s awesome! 😎🎅🏽😉

📖 - “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus” by Francis Pharcellus Church 🎅🏽

🎥 - “Santa Claus Conquers The Martians” (I‘m a little ashamed I immediately thought of this one... I blame Mystery Science Theater 3000) 🤦🏻‍♂️

🎶 - “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” 😘

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BookmarkTavern
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coffees Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus 5y
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A sweet Christmas writing

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Deblovestoread
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Crazeedi Great job! 5y
wanderinglynn Awesome! 🙌🏻⛄️ 5y
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Deblovestoread
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My husband who is a true partner, my kids who are everything, my dad who still teaches me, my boss who is so much more than that, my friends who help keep me sane, my pug Dizzy who helped heal my heart and the Litsy community who accepts me in spite of all my social awkwardness. I wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving!

#wondrouswednesday @Eggs

Eggs What a lovely tribute!! ❤️❤️ 5y
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ChrysFey
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I found these two at the Dollar Store. Cute stories. I‘ve always loved The Nutcracker. And I can‘t help but think of the movie Prancer when I read Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus. Prancer was my favorite Christmas movie growing up.

#christmas #christmasday

CocoReads Fun fact: I used to live in Three Oaks, MI where they partially filmed Prancer. We‘d already moved when they filmed it but still cool. 7y
ChrysFey @CocoReads That is really cool! 7y
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CherylDeFranceschi
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LeahBergen 😂😂 7y
Bklover This cracked me up! 😂😂 7y
Eyelit Oh boy 🤣 7y
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Megabooks 👍🏻👍🏻 7y
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Cinfhen 😜😉😂🙌🏻hilarious 7y
LaraReads Ah hahaha! 🤣🤣 7y
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DogMomIrene
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I'm putting together a presentation/lesson/activity centered around the editorial "Yes, Virginia there is a Santa Claus" and I remembered that the New York Public Library's digital collection is immense. Found an entire collection from 1896 called Street Views of NYC. Perfectly encapsulates how Virginia would have seen her world!

#librarylove #teachersoflitsy

Pinkmeghan I read this letter every year! It reminds me of my dad! 🎄🎅🏻 8y
DogMomIrene @Pinkmeghan How sweet! On YouTube, there's a video/old film of an older Virginia O'Hanlon reading the letter to children in the 1960s. Also sweet and touching. 8y
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