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Letters from santa tolkien6/10/2023 The 1933 letter even features a pitched battle between the Polar Bear and a band of goblins. It’s been pointed out that much of this myth building acts as a sort of analogue for the Lord of the Rings trilogy. ‘As time went on, Father Christmas’s household became larger and whereas at first little is heard of anyone else except the North Polar Bear, later on appear Snow-elvers, Red Gnomes, Snow-men, Cave–bears, and the Polar Bear’s nephews, Pasku and Valkotukka.’ As the introduction to the book explains it was something that built over many years Turns out he was busy creating his own version of the North Pole saga. Lewis’s inclusion of Father Christmas in The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. I wrote a little earlier in the advent about how Tolkien was critical of his friend C.S. Every year between 19 he would send his children an envelope containing an elaborately illustrated, and scratchily hand written letter pupporting to be from the great man. Amidst all the Hobbit hype there’s really only one Tolkien product you really need to check out today – Letters from Father Christmas.
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