Dear Editor:
I am 8 years old and Some of my little friends
say there is no Santa Claus.
Papa says "If you see it in The Sun it's so"
Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus?

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Virginia O'Hallon
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　115 Wese 95th Street



　　　Yes, VIRGINIA, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly
as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that
they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy.
Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus.
It would be as dreary as if there were no VIRGINIAS.
There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to
make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment,
exception in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood
fills the world would be extinguished. Not believe in Santa Claus!
　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　From the editorial of The Sun. September 21, 1897