Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
| 08 December 1991 (USA)
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While newspaper writer Church struggles with the death of his wife, he receives a "special" assignment. He must answer a little girl's question about whether Santa Claus really exists.

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UnowPriceless

hyped garbage

Voxitype

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

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Mathilde the Guild

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

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Jenni Devyn

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

bkoganbing

Although it plays fast and loose with the facts of the story Yes Virginia There Is A Santa Claus is a wonderful apocryphal tale of how a little girl's letter to the New York Sun was answered with the most famous newspaper editorial in history. The story is told along two tracks. The first is the story of the struggling O'Hanlon family with Papa Richard Thomas fired from a job on the docks after a brawl with some nativist bigots. It's going to be one bad Christmas for the O'Hanlon family if he doesn't find work soon. Thomas has two children, one of them Virginia O'Hanlon is played by Katherine Isabelle and she's been given the word by some of her more worldly wise peers that there ain't no such a thing as Santa Claus.When Thomas after reading an editorial in the Sun remarked that this was a paper with a good policy young Isabelle writes to the Sun and wants them to settle the question, is Santa Claus real or not? Because Papa has said the Sun would be the arbiter of that decision.The second track of the story is movie tough guy Charles Bronson who plays Sun editor Frank Church. Church is a heavy drinker ever since his wife passed away. Out of friendship and loyalty publisher Edward Asner has kept him on the staff.This film is wonderful family viewing at the Yuletide season. The message of the editorial then and now is that we can see Santa Claus in all of us in the smallest random acts of kindness we do. Belief in the concept is what separates us from the beast. People disappoint a lot, but the concept of Santa Claus brings out the best in us.So watch the film, maybe an old children's tale might seem to have some merit after all.

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debbiejeantheresa

Finally! I've found this movie was never released. I have been looking for this movie forever it seems. I talk to people and they don't know what I'm talking about, have never seen it. I'm NOT going crazy. *lol* How can we get this movie released? IS there anything that a regular person can do? I saw the movie on TV and it's stuck in my head all of this time. It NEEDS to be released!!!! I feel, just my personal opinion, it's the best movie Charles Bronson ever made. I know, I know, real die hard fans won't say that but Christmas is in my heart all year long and it's the best Christmas movie I've ever seen. Please, if anyone knows anything, let me know. As I said, I've been looking for this movie forever. How can we get it released? Anyone?

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Debra Martin

I was able to watch this movie on Lifetime TV one Christmas. I was lucky to have taped it that year using VHS tape, but with all the commercials. I have not seen this movie on TV in years. I would love to see it aired on TV every Christmas season even though I have my own tape of it, and can watch it whenever I want to. I would love to be able to buy a DVD of this movie.The movie is so heart warming with true Christmas spirit. I loved the editorial that Frances Church had written. Charles Bronson portrayed an excellent character in this movie. It's a great movie for the whole family to watch. If this movie were to ever be made for retail sale, you couldn't go wrong with purchasing this holiday movie.

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kyboy-25

Hi i am looking for the movie not the cartoon please email me if you have any way of helping me at all i have looked everywhere for it on the net and at video stores everywhere i am slowly running out of time not life or death but i am doing this for my brother and well long story but thanks for any help email me

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