Yes, Virginia (TV program) explained

Creator:Wayne Best
Matt MacDonald
Based On:Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus
Screenplay:Chris Plehal
Director:Pete Circuitt
Composer:Nicholas Hooper
Country:United States
Language:English
Producer:Ted Rogers
Runtime:22 minutes
Network:CBS

Yes, Virginia is an animated Christmas television special created by Wayne Best and Matt MacDonald, and produced by JWT Productions, The Ebeling Group, and Starz Animation, with sponsorship from Macy's. It first aired December 11, 2009 on CBS. It was based on Francis Pharcellus Church's famous 1897 editorial, "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" in The (New York) Sun. The special featured the voice talents of Bea Miller as Virginia O'Hanlon and Neil Patrick Harris as her father, Philip.[1]

There was a previous animated special, Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus, broadcast in 1974.[2]

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References

  1. News: Yes Virginia, there really is a Macy's. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. March 30, 2017. en.
  2. Book: Woolery . George W. . Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987 . 1989 . Scarecrow Press . 0-8108-2198-2 . 9 April 2020 . 463–464.