
This revised edition of Tolkiens famous illustrated letters from Father Christmas to his children
Includes:: a number of pictures & letters that have not been seen in print before. The perfect Christmas gift for Tolkien lovers of all ages. This classic festive book of Tolkiens amazing Father Christmas letters written to his children between the 1920s & the 1940s has been reworked into a new & attractive edition. It contains brand new high-quality digital reproductions of his amazing letters & pictures including a number them that have never been printed before. My dear children I am more shaky than usual this year. The North Polar Bears fault. It was the biggest bang in the world & the most monstrous firework there has ever been. It turned the North Pole black! Every December an envelope bearing a stamp from the North Pole would arrive for J. R. R. Tolkiens children. Inside would be a letter in strange spidery handwriting & a beautiful coloured drawing or some sketches. The letters were from Father Christmas. They told wonderful tales of life at the North Pole: * How all the reindeer got loose & scattered presents all over the place. * How the accident-prone Polar Bear climbed the North Pole & fell through the roof of Father Christmass house into the dining-room * How he broke the Moon into four pieces & made the Man in it fall into the back garden * How there were wars with the troublesome horde of goblins who lived in the caves beneath the house! Sometimes the Polar Bear would scrawl a note & sometimes Ilbereth the Elf would write in his elegant flowing script adding yet more life & humour to the stories. From the first note to Tolkiens eldest son in 1920 to the final poignant letter to his daughter in 1943 this book collects all the remarkable letters & pictures in one enchanting edition. No reader young or old can fail to be charmed by the inventiveness of Tolkiens Letters from Father Christmas.