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No Santa Claus! Thank ! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand…
Quote byFrancis Pharcellus Church · 1839–1906
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus (1897).
English (original)
No Santa Claus! Thank ! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, , nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.
— Francis Pharcellus Church
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