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Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus

Over a hundred years ago, a young girl named Virginia wanted to know if Santa really existed. Her friends were telling her not to believe. So, she wrote to her newspaper to get the truth. This is the famous reply from the editor, Francis Church.

Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been afflicted by skepticism in a skeptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men’s or children’s are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in hi...

 

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