Alas! How dreary would be the world if there was no Santa Claus!... There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence.
FRANCIS P. CHURCH, "Is There a Santa Claus", The New York Sun, September 21, 1897
Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies!
FRANCIS PHARCELLUS CHURCH, "Is There a Santa Claus", The New York Sun, September 21, 1897
