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santa claus: Santa Claus spotted leaving Coronado Island on Jaunary 10! - 01/10/10 10:00 PM
Contrary to popular rumor and urban myths, Santa Claus apparently does not return immediately to the North Pole once his Christmas rounds are done.
For the second consecutive year, Santa has been spotted on Coronado Island well after Christmas.
Today, January 10, 2010, he was seen leaving the Coronado Beach with only two reindeer pulling his sleigh. The sleigh was empty, and it looks like Santa has a pretty good tan.

Rumors have it that the other reindeers are staying behind to visit their friends at the San Diego Zoo.
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santa claus: Fun history about The Sun, famous for its editorial, "Yes, Virgina, there is a Santa Claus" - 12/26/09 09:06 PM
After posting about Virgina O'Hanlon, she of "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" fame, I got curious about The Sun, the conservative New York city newspaper that published the editorial.
Here are some interesting facts about The Sun for your holiday enjoyment:
Published from 1833 through 1950. The most politically conservative of New York's three newspapers, the other two being the New York Times and the New York Herald Tribune. Famous for its central role in the Great Moon Hoax of 1835, a series of articles about the discovery of life and civilization on the Moon. The discovery was attributed to … (12 comments)

santa claus: The Good Fairy? The Easter Bunny? Santa Claus? What about Virginia? - 12/25/09 01:31 PM
An editorial titled "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" was published on September 21, 1897, in The Sun (1833-1950), a conservative New York newspaper. The editorial remains the most reprinted editorial ever to run in any newspaper in the English language. Here it is, still appropriate 112 years later:
We take pleasure in answering thus prominently the communication below, expressing at the same time our great gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends of The Sun:
Dear Editor-
I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, "If … (17 comments)