LibriVox recordings are Public Domain in the USA. If you are not in the USA, please verify the copyright status of these works in your own country before downloading, otherwise you may be violating copyright laws.
If you have troubles downloading files, please try again later. Technical problems usually resolve themselves quickly. If the problem lasts longer than 24hrs, please contact us.
« Catalog Index
Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus
by Francis Pharcellus Church (1839-1906)
“Is There A Santa Claus?” was the headline that appeared over an editorial in the September 21, 1897 edition of the New York Sun. The editorial, which included the response of “Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus,” has become an indelible part of popular Christmas lore in the United States. LibriVox brings you eight different versions of this classic.
(Summary from wikipedia.org)
- E-text
- Wikipedia - Francis Pharcellus Church
- Wikipedia - “Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus”
- LibriVox’s Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus Internet Archive page
- Zip file of the entire book (15.5MB)
- RSS feed · Subscribe in iTunes · Chapter-a-day
Total running time: 0:32:17
mp3 and ogg files
- Version 1 - 00:03:12
[mp3@64kbps - 1.5MB]
[mp3@128kbps - 3.0MB]
[ogg vorbis - 1.7MB]
Read by: Alex Rudinski - Version 2 - 00:04:27
[mp3@64kbps - 2.1MB]
[mp3@128kbps - 4.2MB]
[ogg vorbis - 2.4MB]
Read by: Brian Lojeck, with voice of Virginia by Gesine - Version 3 - 00:04:06
[mp3@64kbps - 1.9MB]
[mp3@128kbps - 3.9MB]
[ogg vorbis - 2.9MB]
Read by: Cori Samuel - Version 4 - 00:04:25
[mp3@64kbps - 2.1MB]
[mp3@128kbps - 4.2MB]
[ogg vorbis - 2.3MB]
Read by: Gesine - Version 5 - 00:04:09
[mp3@64kbps - 1.9MB]
[mp3@128kbps - 3.9MB]
[ogg vorbis - 2.3MB]
Read by: JemmaBlythe with Ellen King - Version 6 - 00:03:42
[mp3@64kbps - 1.7MB]
[mp3@128kbps - 3.5MB]
[ogg vorbis - 2.0MB]
Read by: Kara Shallenberg - Version 7 - 00:03:55
[mp3@64kbps - 1.8MB]
[mp3@128kbps - 3.7MB]
[ogg vorbis - 2.8MB]
Read by: Mark F. Smith - Version 8 - 00:04:21
[mp3@64kbps - 2.0MB]
[mp3@128kbps - 4.1MB]
[ogg vorbis - 2.2MB]
Read by: Stephanie König
Cataloged on December 18, 2006










