[DOC] [TLE] Yes, Virginia ... - The New York Sun [PAR] Dec 21, 2012 ... Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus? Virginia O' ... Is it all real? Ah, 
Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding. [DOC] [TLE] Virginia O'Hanlon - Educator - Biography.com [PAR] Apr 2, 2014 ... Name: Virginia O'Hanlon ... In 1897, Virginia O'Hanlon wrote a letter to a 
newspaper asking whether Santa ... history as the little girl who questioned the 
existence of Santa Claus. ... Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus? ... 
she wrote a letter to The New York Sun newspaper in search of the truth. [DOC] [TLE] At Christmas: The remarkable trajectory of an 1897 editorial | Media ... [PAR] Dec 24, 2010 ... Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus? ... Over the years, though, 
readers persisted in their requests, asking the Sun every year at... [DOC] [TLE] 'Is There A Santa Claus?' | Media Myth Alert [PAR] If the Sun says there isn't any I'll believe it; if it tells me Santa Claus is real I'll 
make ... the Sun in 1897, saying: Some of my little friends say there is no Santa 
Claus. .... to Virginia's letter that implored: Please tell me the truth; is there a 
Santa Claus? ..... Come December, their names and faces turn up in 
newspapers and on... [DOC] [TLE] Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus - Beebo [PAR] By Francis P. Church, first published in The New York Sun on September 21, 
1897. ... Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus? ... But when less 
fortunate little boys and girls said there wasn't any Santa ... And so Virginia sat 
down and wrote her parents' favorite newspaper. ... the childish scrawl in the 
letter asked. [DOC] [TLE] To Virginia's Family, Santa Claus Is Still Real - The New York Times [PAR] Dec 24, 2010 ... The girl, Maggie Temple, is the great-great-granddaughter of the woman who has 
... Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus? ... Come December, their 
names and faces turn up in newspapers and on television ... In 1897, at age 8, 
she wrote a letter to The New York Sun to ask if Santa Claus was real. [DOC] [TLE] Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus - Fordham Newsroom [PAR] Dec 18, 2015 ... At age 8, Virginia O'Hanlon wrote to the New York Sun: Is there a ... In the News  
For the Media ... to the New York Sun: Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa 
Claus? ... O'Hanlon's 1897 letter to the editor of the New York Sun asking, ... was 
using her given name, Laura, and her married name, Douglas. [DOC] [TLE] Is There A Santa Claus? [PAR] American journalism's best-known editorial was obscure in first appearance, 
incongruous in ... Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus? ... at year-end 
from 1897 to 1949 and on a review of numerous newspaper articles over the 
years ... See, for example, Girl Who Asked Sun of Santa Won't Tell If She Found 
One,... [DOC] [TLE] A Christmas tale for the ages: Yes, Virginia O'Hanlon, there is a ... [PAR] Dec 17, 2015 ... Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus? Virginia O'Hanlon. 119 w. 95th 
Street. The Sun replied in the editorial page of its September 21, 1897 edition. ... 
As for Virginia, her full name was Laura Virginia O'Hanlon Douglas. ... when that 
question was asked, I, a little girl, was interested in finding out the... [DOC] [TLE] This Day in History: September 21st- There is a Santa Claus [PAR] Sep 21, 2015 ... In September of 1897, a little girl named Virginia O'Hanlon was deeply troubled. 
... Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus? ... This letter ended up on

Question: First name of the girl who asked the Sun newspaper in 1897, "Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus?"
Answer: Virginia