The Centre Daily Times today reprinted, "Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus," continuing a tradition that many newspapers across the country have been doing for decades. Published in the New York Sun on September 21, 1897, it is perhaps the most beloved American newspaper editorial. "Yes, Virginia" has been translated in 20 languages and even set to music. A good deal has been written about why it resonates more than 100 years later. But for now, it's enough just to remember the famous lines:
"Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exists, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias."