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As of 2015, the letter was held by Virginia's great-granddaughter. [21] As of 1997 there was a statue of Santa Claus in Valatie with a plaque dedicated to O'Hanlon. [13] In 2009, the Virginia O'Hanlon Scholarship Fund was established at the Studio School, a private school that occupies O'Hanlon's childhood home.
Handwrytten was founded in 2014 and has sent over 7 million notes and letters with 175 robots at their disposal. And this year, just like Santa’s elves help him make all of his toys, these ...
The clock is ticking for families hoping to send letters to Santa Claus at the North Pole this holiday season. ... Orders over $49 and placed through Santa’s Gift Shoppe will get free shipping ...
Images of Santa Claus were conveyed through Haddon Sundblom's depiction of him for The Coca-Cola Company's Christmas advertising in the 1930s. [7] [39] The image spawned urban legends that Santa Claus was invented by The Coca-Cola Company or that Santa wears red and white because they are the colours used to promote the Coca-Cola brand. [40]
In 1897, Mitchell gave Church a letter written to The Sun by 8-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon, who wanted to know whether there truly is a Santa Claus. [15] In Church's 416-word response, [7] he wrote that Santa exists "as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist". [16] "
In 2020, Dana Nachman directed the documentary Dear Santa, which focused on the USPS Operation Santa program and the children who write letters to Santa. [8] In 2022, Localish produced Dear Santa, the Series, a six-episode documentary about USPS Operation Santa's history, highlighting stories from letter writers and Postal Service employees. [9]
Original editorial in The Sun of September 21, 1897 "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" is a line from an editorial by Francis Pharcellus Church.Written in response to a letter by eight-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon asking whether Santa Claus was real, the editorial was first published in the New York newspaper The Sun on September 21, 1897.
emailSanta.com is a Christmas-themed entertainment website run by Alan Kerr which simulates emailing Santa Claus. [1] It also provides various other Christmas-themed simulations. Users compose their letter by filling out a blank form, then the website responds with a computer-generated letter which claims to be from Santa Claus.