''Yes, Virginia'' is an animated
Christmas
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television special
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created by Wayne Best and Matt MacDonald, and produced by
JWT Productions,
The Ebeling Group, and
Starz Animation
Jam Filled Entertainment is a Canadian animation studio based in Ottawa, Ontario with additional facilities in Toronto and Halifax and is a division of Boat Rocker Media. It is best known for animating ''Thomas & Friends'' between 2013 and 2020, ...
, with sponsorship from
Macy's
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. It first aired December 11, 2009 on
CBS
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. It was based on
Francis Pharcellus Church
Francis Pharcellus Church (February 22, 1839 – April 11, 1906) was an American publisher and editor. Born in Rochester, New York, he graduated from Columbia University and embarked on a career in journalism. With his brother, William Cona ...
's famous 1897 editorial, "
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus
"Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" is a line from an editorial by Francis Pharcellus Church titled "Is There a Santa Claus?", which appeared in the New York newspaper '' The Sun'' on September 21, 1897, and became one of the most famous ...
" in ''
The (New York) Sun''. The special featured the voice talents of
Bea Miller
Beatrice Annika Miller (born February 7, 1999) is an American singer and actress. She came in ninth place on season two of ''The X Factor'' (US) when she was 13 years old. She was later signed to Hollywood Records. Her debut EP '' Young Blood'' ...
as
Virginia O'Hanlon
Laura Virginia O'Hanlon Douglas (July 20 1889May 13, 1971) was an American educator best known for writing a letter as a child to the New York newspaper The Sun (New York City), ''The Sun'' that inspired the 1897 editorial "Is There a Santa Claus? ...
and
Neil Patrick Harris
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as her father, Philip.
There was a previous animated special, ''
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
"Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" is a line from an editorial by Francis Pharcellus Church titled "Is There a Santa Claus?", which appeared in the New York newspaper '' The Sun'' on September 21, 1897, and became one of the most famous ...
'', broadcast in 1974.
See also
*
List of Christmas films
Many Christmas stories have been adapted to feature films and TV specials, and have been broadcast and repeated many times on television; since the popularization of home video in the 1980s, their many editions are sold and re-sold every year d ...
*
Santa Claus in film
Motion pictures featuring Santa Claus constitute their own subgenre of the Christmas film genre. Early films of Santa revolve around similar simple plots of Santa's Christmas Eve visit to children. In 1897, in a short film called ''Santa Cla ...
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, id=1545330, title=Yes, Virginia
Christmas television specials
Films scored by Nicholas Hooper