A recent guest on the Soft Rock 106.5 Wakeup Club ruffled some feathers and may have disturbed a few children with his comment denying the existence of Santa Claus. That came as a surprise to me, and to my co-host Rebecca, who replied, "Well, maybe not in your house." We received a few complaints about the live guest's contention, including one from a mother who had her 5-year-old listening with her in the car. The person who made the comment regretted saying it. Sometimes live radio can allow that to happen. So, is there a Santa Claus? I'll base my affirmative response on the famous 1897 editorial reply by New York Sun writer Frances Pharcellus Church (left). When 8-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon had begun to question the existence of Santa Claus. Church's response included, "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus," and gave a convincing philosophical discussion of his existence. Read the editorial here. Case closed.
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