Template:Did you know nominations/Francis Pharcellus Church

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 22:19, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

Francis Pharcellus Church

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... that in 1897 Francis Pharcellus Church wrote that "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus"?
- ... ALT1 ... that Francis Pharcellus Church's editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" has been described as "the most famous editorial in history"?
- Reviewed: below
- Comment: better hooks may probable

5x expanded by Eddie891 (talk), Z1720 (talk), and PRRfan (talk). Nominated by Eddie891 (talk) at 17:53, 20 December 2021 (UTC).

Interesting author, excellent expansion on plenty of good sources, offline and subscription sources accepted AGF, no copvio obvious. I like both hooks, perhaps the original a bit better. Just missing a qpq. Yes, for Christmas please, even if the German Saint Nicholas comes on 6 December ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:07, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, Gerda Arendt, QPQ'd Template:Did you know nominations/Marie Herndl Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 18:36, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:20, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

ALT0 to T:DYK/P3