• "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" is a line from an editorial by Francis Pharcellus Church. Written in response to a letter by eight-year-old Virginia...
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  • Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, is a 1991 made-for-television Christmas family drama film directed by Charles Jarrott. The film is based on the...
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    editorial "Is There a Santa Claus?". The editorial, by Francis Pharcellus Church, contains the line "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus", and brought...
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    editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus". Produced in response to eight-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon's letter asking whether Santa Claus was real...
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    Santa Claus Village (Finnish: Joulupukin Pajakylä) is an amusement park in Rovaniemi in the Lapland region of Finland. It was opened in 1985. Santa Claus...
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    Santa Claus (also known as Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, Santa and Santy) is a legendary figure originating in Western Christian...
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    1897 editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" in the New York Sun. On December 24, 1948, the United States Air Force issued a communique claiming...
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    "Otono y Primavera" / "Tu Me Haces Falta" (Mexico) "Shine" Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus (1974) The Great Brain (1978) Hugo the Hippo (1976) The Osmonds...
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  • "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" is a phrase from an 1897 editorial called Is There a Santa Claus? Yes, Virginia may also refer to: Yes, Virginia...
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    Santa Claus is a town in Spencer County, Indiana, United States, in the southwestern part of the state. The population was 2,586 at the 2020 census. It...
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    Pharcellus Church's 1897 editorial containing the line "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus". It merged with the New York World-Telegram in 1950. The...
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    "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" editorial in the September 21, 1897 edition of the New York Sun. The most famous Virginia is probably the English...
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  • It is named after a reply to a letter run in the New York Sun in 1897 about the existence of Santa Claus (see "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus")...
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    with Santa Claus, and Kallikantzaroi of Southeastern Europe, who create general mayhem during the season. Examples of the genre in which a killer is disguised...
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    Santa Claus parades, also called Christmas parades, are parades held in some countries to celebrate the official opening of the Christmas season with...
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    festive legend and popular culture, Santa Claus's reindeer are said to pull a sleigh through the night sky to help Santa Claus deliver gifts to children on Christmas...
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    2004 by Google that simulates the tracking of the legendary character Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, using pre-determined location information. It also...
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  • Jeanette Winterson, Christmas Days Francis Pharcellus Church, "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" (1897 newspaper editorial) Adrienne Westenfeld (14 December...
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  • figure was a short musical play of 1892 called Santa Claus' Daughter (by Everett Elliott and F. W. Hardcastle). In this piece, the young Kitty Claus, who has...
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    Mrs. Claus (also known as Mrs. Santa Claus or Mrs. Santa) is the legendary wife of Santa Claus, the Christmas gift-bringer in Western Christmas tradition...
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    1986). "Charles Bronson: 'Violence is against my nature'". The Miami Herald: 7C. "ABC confirms 'there is a Santa Claus'". Month Vernon Argus: Tv Book: 5...
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  • There was a previous animated special, Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus, broadcast in 1974. List of Christmas films Santa Claus in film "Yes Virginia...
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  • Christmas by medium (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
    behind the Christmas carol "Silent Night" and the story of "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" are two examples. Sometimes, family films and classics...
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    for spring. In L. Frank Baum's The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1902), Jack Frost is the son of the otherwise unnamed Frost King. He takes pleasure...
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    menudo alleviates hangovers. Canned menudo is also available. An annual Menudo Festival is held in Santa Maria, California. In 2009, more than 2,000...
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    by Jona Lewie, the traditional spoken piece editorial of Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, as well as several other acoustic versions and remixes...
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  • List of United States Christmas television specials (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
    World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration (2016, ABC) Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus (1974, ABC) Ziggy's Gift (1982, ABC) The Zoomer Crew's First...
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    A white elephant gift exchange, Yankee swap or Dirty Santa is a party game where amusing and impractical gifts are exchanged during festivities. The goal...
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    Christmas in Nazi Germany (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
    Santa Claus is replaced by a pagan "Sunnwendmann" (Solstice man). Instead of Mary, there is "Frau Holle" (Mother Hulda). And there certainly is not a...
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    Christmas in Sweden (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
    gifts given out by the Christmas goat (Julbocken) or, especially later, Santa Claus (Jultomten). The Christmas celebrations in Sweden usually starts with...
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