His famous editorial didn’t run on Christmas Day. It appeared on Sept. 21. It was the seventh editorial on the page.

The following editorial, written by Francis P. Church, first appeared in The New York Sun in 1897. It was an immediate sensation and became one of the most famous editorials ever written. We take ...

Every year, the Sentinel republishes the timeless story behind the most famous letter to the editor and editorial ever written. By now, the backstory is well known. It starts with a curious little ...

It’s almost Christmas. “Peace on Earth” and “good will toward men” being in short supply these days, we look to the past for a bit of wonder and inspiration. As is our annual custom, today we reprint ...

It is, perhaps, the most famous editorial ever written. One that has been reprinted year in,, year out in newspapers around the world. It first appeared in the Sept. 27, 1897, edition of the New York ...

Editor’s note: In a returning Christmas Eve tradition, the Daily Journal presents the famous newspaper piece, “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.” It was written in 1897 by Francis P. Church, the ...

Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible ...