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What is Yes, Virginia?
I told you the truth, believe me.
History: Eight-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York's Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897.
DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old.
"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'HANLON.
"115 WEST NINETY-FIFTH STREET."
Reply from Editor:
... Yes, VIRGINIA, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and ....
Has democracy a future? Yes, Virginia, it does.
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