The Santa Letter That Made an Eight-Year-Old a Celebrity
When the eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon asked the New York Sun whether St. Nick exists, the response became an immortal catchphrase, James Thurber writes. Who is she, all grown up?
December 19, 1936
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