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`Yes, Virginia` (CBS photo)
"Yes, Virginia" (CBS photo)

Neil Patrick Harris, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Alfred Molina star in CBS animated Christmas special, 'Yes, Virginia'

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Wed, Dec 4th 2013 08:30 am

Actress Beatrice Miller ("Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs") to give voice to the role of Virginia

Neil Patrick Harris, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Alfred Molina are among those set to voice key characters for the half-hour animated Christmas special, "Yes, Virginia," presented by Macy's, to be rebroadcast Friday, Dec. 6 (8:32-9:02 p.m., ET/PT), on the CBS Television Network.

"Yes, Virginia" tells the story of 8-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon (Beatrice Miller, "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs"), a young girl growing up in late 1800s New York City who always loved Christmas, until the playground bully, Charlotte (Julian Franco), tells her and the other children that Santa Claus doesn't exist. Not sure what to believe, Virginia and her friend, Ollie (Kieran Patrick Campbell), venture into the streets of New York City to uncover the truth. Along the way, they encounter a Scraggly Santa (Michael Buscemi, "Nurse Jackie") who is trying to raise money for the less fortunate (he admits he's not the real deal, but someone who sort of works for Santa Claus); and an over-eager librarian with a shelf full of Christmas books, and interesting advice from Virginia's quirky scientist father (Neil Patrick Harris) and understanding mother (Jennifer Love Hewitt). Unable to find the answer, Virginia decides to write a letter to the New York Sun newspaper, knowing its reputation for reporting the facts is cemented by its motto "If you see it in The Sun, it's so!" Virginia's letter makes its way to the curmudgeonly editor, Francis Church (Alfred Molina), who feels he has better things to do than respond to a little girl's question. But, with Virginia's determination and a little help from Scraggly Santa, Mr. Church is persuaded to write the answer that became the most famous newspaper editorial of all time: "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus!"

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