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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 2013
Page
5
A guest editorial defends belief in Santa Claus addressing Virginia O’Hanlon’s question. It argues faith and wonder surpass seeing and asserts Santa’s enduring reality and the joy he brings to childhood, ending with wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Roy Peter Clark analyzes the 1897 New York Sun editorial Yes Virginia there is a Santa Claus and rates six claims about Santa. The piece cites Francis Church and Virginia O Hanlon, discusses Higgs boson as unseen evidence, North Pole residence, chimney descent, commercialization, and the famous line Yes Virginia there is a Santa Claus with a Mostly True to False rating.
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