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.

userjojo2723 I am interested in buying a DVD or VHS of the movie, Yes, Virginia there is a Santa Claus, with Ed Asner, Charles Bronson and Richard Thomas. It aired on TV in 1991. I would highly encourage you to release this in a DVD or VHS. It brought a lot of joy to my family and friends. Please see if you can do anything to have this happen. I would be first in line to purchase. If there is another source I can contact, please let me know. Your consideration is appreciate. Happy holidays to you and your. Wishing you the best New Year has to offer to you and your family.Please e mail me back to let me know when you make this available. We will wait with baited breath.

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.

RONSBLUE This was the best Christmas movie ever made,at least in my opinion. Great actors and great acting. Made the whole story seem quite real. They could not have chosen a better actor than Charles Bronson for the part of the reporter who writes the fateful editorial that will live forever in time and in our hearts.