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    • Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus

    • By: Francis P. Church
    • Narrated by: David DuChene
    • Length: 3 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 8
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 5
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 5

    The editor of a newspaper responds to a little girl's question of whether or not there really is a Santa Claus. This story goes to the very heart of the holiday season, marking a time of celebration, wonder and love.

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    • Dulce Domum, Gift of the Magi, Christmas Morning

    • By: Kenneth Grahame, Francis Church, O. Henry
    • Narrated by: Susie Berneis, Robert Bethune, Amy Caldwell
    • Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      3.5 out of 5 stars 5
    • Performance
      3.5 out of 5 stars 5
    • Story
      4 out of 5 stars 4

    Here are three of the most wonderful Christmas stories ever written, presented for you along with two short pieces that just can't be left out of any Christmas collection worth its salt.

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    • Christmas Classics for Kids

    • By: Francis P. Church, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Lavinia S. Goodwin, and others
    • Narrated by: David DuChene, Blair Mellow, Jenny Day, and others
    • Length: 48 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      3 out of 5 stars 7
    • Performance
      3.5 out of 5 stars 4
    • Story
      3 out of 5 stars 4

    A wonderful collection of Christmas stories and poems celebrating all the warmth and joy of the holiday season. "Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus" is a kindly editor's reply to a young reader regarding the existence of Santa; "Silent Night" is the classic song read with meaning and reverence; "The Christmas Masquerade" is a charming tale of a magical Christmas Eve.

    • 2 out of 5 stars

    • Long bizarre fairy tale about costumes ruins it

    • By Chuck Mikolajczak on 12-12-12

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    • Yes, Virginia There Is a Santa Claus

    • By: Francis Pharcellus Church
    • Narrated by: Sandy J. Hotchkiss, Heather Wood, K. Anderson Yancy
    • Length: 11 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4 out of 5 stars 11
    • Performance
      4 out of 5 stars 10
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 11

    On September 21, 1897, the New York Sun published what was to become the most widely read letter to a newspaper. It was sent by 8-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon, who lived with her parents in Manhattan. She asked, "Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus?" Sun editorial writer Francis Pharcellus Church gave her an amazingly beautiful "Yes."

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