"VIRGINIA O'HANLON."115 WEST NINETY-FIFTH STREET."
Back in the 19th Century in America eight-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York's Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial September 21, 1897. The work of veteran newsman Francis Pharcellus Church, it has since become history's most reprinted newspaper editorial, appearing in part or whole in dozens of languages in books, movies, and other editorials, and on posters and stamps. You can see it here. The original letter looks suspicious but is apparently genuine. Personally, I'm no believer in farieis or santa. But it's mainly great fun I suppose.
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