In September 1897, Virginia O’Hanlon wrote the following letter:
Dear Editor,
I am 8 years old. Some of my friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, “If you see in the Sun, it’s so.” Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus?
Virginia O’Hanlon

Stan Lee, Marvel Editor-In-Chief and blowhard 1975.
In 1975, the letter found it’s way to Stan Lee, the editor of Marvel Comics.