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b'Merry Christmas, friends! On today\\u2019s bonus episode, Annie reads the New York Sun reporter Francis P. Church\\u2019s timeless 1897 response to eight-year-old Virginia O\\u2019Hanlon\\u2019s question: \\u201cIs there a Santa Claus?\\u201d Read the letter and learn about its history here.\\nWe wish you and yours a peaceful and joyful holiday! Thank you for listening.\\nFrom the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf\\u2019s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today\\u2019s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com.\\xa0\\nSpecial thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations.\\xa0\\nIf you liked what you heard in today\\u2019s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. Or, if you\\u2019re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff\\u2019s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.\\nWe\\u2019re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.\\nOur Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Kate O\\u2019Connell, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie Johnson and Kate Johnston Tucker.'