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7.5/10   36 votes
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Director:
Bill Melendez
Writer:
Mort Green (writer)
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Release Date:
6 December 1974 (USA) more
Genre:
Animation | Family | Short more
Plot:
Partly based on a true story, a little girl writes to the editor of a newspaper concerning the existence of Santa Claus. | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Primetime Emmy. more
User Comments:
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus is another charming animated holiday special from Bill Melendez more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Jim Backus ... Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
Susan Silo ... Miss Taylor (voice)
Courtney Lemmon ... Virginia O'Hanlon (voice)
Billy Green ... Billy (voice)
Sean Manning ... Specs (voice)
Tracey Belland ... Mary Lou (voice)
Christopher Wong ... Arthur (voice)
Vicky Ricketts ... Amy (voice)
Jennifer Green ... Pee Wee (voice)

Herb Armstrong ... Officer Reilly (voice)
Arnold Moss ... Sgt. Muldoon (voice)
Mort Green ... Sam Shulman (voice)
Louis Nye ... Lee Fong (voice)
Ken Sansom ... Papa (voice)
Karen Smith ... Mama (voice)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:25 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

Fun Stuff

Movie Connections:
Spoofed in "Just Shoot Me!: How the Finch Stole Christmas (#3.10)" (1998) more
Soundtrack:
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Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus is another charming animated holiday special from Bill Melendez, 17 December 2008
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Author: tavm from Baton Rouge, La.

"He will continue to make glad, the heart of childhood." So answered New York Sun editor Francis Church at the end of his editorial to one Virginia O'Hanlon one day in 1897 to her question of is there a Santa Claus. Taking a break from the "Peanuts" specials, director Bill Melendez put the same charm he visualized in those on this one to sentimental effect with once again children voicing the kid characters. I loved the scene between that street cop Virginia asked about the red-suited man and that cop's superior on the phone and his reply to Virginia about what that superior said about Santa. And how nice was it to hear Jim Backus as the narrator here. Since I don't want to spoil anything, you'll have to watch this to find out who he's supposed to be in relation to the story. So, yes, that's a recommendation...

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