The Library‘s Serial and Government Publications Division is home to one of the most extensive newspaper collections in the world. Included in the collection is the original editorial by Francis P. Church of The New York Sun, explaining to a young girl who wrote into the paper inquiring about whether or not Santa is real. The full text of the editorial (printed September 21, 1897) is below: Is There a Santa Claus? We take pleasure in answering at once and thus prominently the communication below