'Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus'

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I am 8 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

New York, N.Y.

Editor's note: Virginia O'Hanlon wrote this to the editor of the New York Sun in September 1897.