there is a Santa Claus

Virginia O’Hanlon and Frank Church with the New York Sun editorial. (Archival photo.)

Looking Back – Virginia, there is a Santa Claus

This is a story about faith, love, beauty and romance. Though this story is well over a hundred years old, I believe you will find it as enjoyable today as those who first read it in the closing years of the 19th century.

I hope you will share this story with others. It serves as a beacon of hope in these troubling times. 

In 1897, little Virginia O’Hanlon wrote the following letter to the New York Sun: