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desk and began his reply which was to become one of the most memorable editorials in newspaper history. .
Editorial Page, New York Sun, 1897 — We take pleasure in answering thus prominently the communication below, expressing at the same time our great gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends of The Sim:
I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, “If you see it in The Sim, it’s so.” Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus?
— Virginia O’Hanlon
Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of 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 his intellect as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity
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