An updated version of the famous "Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus" response by Francis Pharcellus Church to Virginia O'Hanlon's letter to the editor (The New York Sun) in 1897.
Pic: Public Domain, ABC News (Posted Sun 26 Dec 2010, 1:18pm AEDT)
Letter to the Editor:
"DEAR EDITOR:
I am 8 years old.
Some of my little facebook (fb) 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? I don't know how people can really believe in him!
I just started fb after my birthday in the summer and now have so many 'bff' friends! Its so neat to know so many people!
My parents don't mind that I spend all of my time on the new tablet that they gave me for my birthday or the iphone that I also got that let's me 'selfie' all I want to!
Everyday, when I come home from school as a latch-key kid and wait for my parents to get home from work, I can finally play with my real friends on fb, as I don't like talking or playing with anyone at school.
Mom and Dad tried to get me to join the Girl Scouts, but I would rather explore things on my own through the world wide web!
With Christmas coming up, I hope to get that XBOX Game that I saw when we were in the Drive-Thru at the Golden Arches place!
What I don't quite understand is how someone can stand on the street corner next to McDs with a sign that has misspelled words on it about 'Will work 4 Food' and 'Need help and place to stay?' Don't they know how to google for things like that?
I did google just the other day to find out about this Santa dude and what Christmas was all about, since no one ever told me – not even Mom or Dad. It seems like this Santa-guy helps online businesses and retailers stay out of bankruptcy – that's all I can figure out.
And I still don't quite understand why around this time of the year that I hear this story about a man and an expectant woman wandering all around just to find a place to stay? Couldn't they have easily just googled that problem to be solved? Surely they had fb friends to take care of them, right?
Oh well, while I await your email, fb or text response to my Santa question, I'll tweet Sophia to see what she's going to get for Christmas. Thx!
Virginia O'Hanlon" ("pseudonym" for Keith John Paul Horcasitas)
Francis Pharcellus Church Reply with Addendum:
"VIRGINIA, your little (facebook) friends are wrong... Yes, VIRGINIA, there is a Santa Claus! Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies!... No 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." (-FPC)
"Want to experience him for yourself? Come to the St. Vincent de Paul Christmas Day SMART flash mob volunteer opportunity, and you'll experience him first hand with folks from all walks of life – even the homeless whom you had seen at McDs!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!" - KJPH
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