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 ...

This is a reprint of a timeless column written years ago by the journalist Eric Newton. More than a hundred years ago, an ...

One of the most famous letters to the editor ever published was written by an 8-year-old girl who had doubts about Santa Claus. She sought help from The New York Sun. The answer, first published ...

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

Virginia's Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger is like Santa Claus, promising taxpayer-funded gifts for state residents.

The Charles W. Howard Santa Claus School started in 1937, initially in the Howards’ home. By the late 1940s, Howard had ...

The following was published in the New York Sun in 1897, after editor Francis Pharcellus Church received a touching letter from an 8-year-old girl. "We take pleasure in answering thus prominently the ...

In keeping with a long standing holiday tradition,The Republic once again presents the legendary “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus” editorial which first appeared in 1897 in the now-defunct New ...

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 ...

WILLIMANTIC — To kick off the holiday season, the Windham Theatre Guild will put on a production of “Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus” by Bob Cooner at the Burton Leavitt Theatre. Performances ...

The following editorial, among the most famous ever written, appeared in The New York Sun in 1897: We take pleasure in answering at once and thus prominently the communication below, expressing at the ...