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“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.”

Quote by Francis Pharcellus Church

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Francis Pharcellus Church

Francis Pharcellus Church was an American writer and editor, best known for his famous Christmas poem 'Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus,' published in The New York Sun. more

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