Francis Pharcellus Church Quote

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.... Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.


Editorial in the New York Sun [September 21, 1897]


Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.... Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay ten times ten thousand...

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.... Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay ten times ten thousand...

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.... Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay ten times ten thousand...

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.... Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay ten times ten thousand...