Christmas Eve certainly is a fitting moment to recall Francis P. Church, one of the few editorial writers whose name is to known to generations of Americans.
Church of the Sun (Courtesy Century Club)
Church wrote the most-reprinted editorial in American journalism, “Is There A Santa Claus?” The editorial appeared in the New York Sun in 1897, and over time became recognized as an unrivaled classic, a timeless and lyrical tribute to childhood, faith, and the Christmas spirit.
Church, ironically, was a reticent, retiring man, little known outside a tight circle of friends and colleagues.
He was no self-promoter.
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