The mark of a newspaper approved classified. Terms of use agreement Best viewed with Netscape Communicator . Every Christmas many question whether there really is a Santa Claus. The question was answered definitively and eloquently by Francis P. Church of the New York Sun in 1897 when a girl named Virginia asked it. Still, it keeps being asked.
Many children have doubts, despite the obvious evidence for the man's existence.
In between, there is a lot of changing and growing up. In between, the individual crosses the line between belief and doubt. Many years ago, we were visiting my Grandma's small house on Christmas Eve. I was worried that Santa would not get our presents delivered clear across Iowa on Christmas Eve. Sure enough, presents from the North Pole were under the tree the next morning.