When is Michael going to learn to read, and write his own letters to me? Lots of love to you both and Christopher, whose name is rather like mine.Before we get into the nitty-gritties of the book, let me just say, I am in awe of Tolkien the father. If John can't read my old shaky writing (1925 years old) he must get his father to.

I send you a picture of the accident, and of my new house on the cliffs above the N.P. I expect his temper is hurt, and will be mended by next Christmas. He is well again now, but I was so cross with him that he says he won't try to help me again. The pole broke in the middle and fell on the roof of my house, and the N.P.Bear fell through the hole it made into the dining room with my hood over his nose, and all the snow fell off the roof into the house and melted and put out all the fires and ran down into the cellars where I was collecting this year's presents, and the N.P.Bear's leg got broken. I told him not to, but the N.P.Bear climbed up to the thin top to get it down - and he did. It all happened like this: one very windy day last November my hood blew off and went and stuck on the top of the North Pole. In fact, awful things have been happening, and some of the presents have got spoilt and I haven't got the North Polar Bear to help me and I have had to move house just before Christmas, so you can imagine what a state everything is in, and you will see why I have a new address, and why I can only write one letter between you both. I am dreadfully busy this year - it makes my hand more shaky than ever when I think of it - and not very rich. But I wouldn't be surprised if they were deeply cherished-perhaps even above those Middle Earth tales which are revered all over the world, for the letters themselves convey something far more magical-the love of a father.

One can only speculate as to what Tolkien’s Father Christmas letters meant to his children. We believe also in the power of those special messages penned by mothers and fathers to their sons and daughters. BUT WHAT IS REMARKABLE IS THE FACT THAT HE DID IT SIMPLY FOR THE PLEASURE AND DELIGHT OF HIS CHILDREN.Īt Press On, we believe in the power of the handwritten letter. THAT TOLKIEN CREATED INVENTIVE STORIES AND CHARACTERS FOR HIS FATHER CHRISTMAS LETTERS IS NOT ALTOGETHER SURPRISING. Not to mention the fact that he kept up the tradition for over 20 years. But what is remarkable is the fact that he wrote them not for a worldwide audience or commercial gain, but simply for the pleasure and delight of his children. That Tolkien, creator of perhaps the most richly textured fictional universe of all time, also created inventive stories and characters for his Father Christmas letters is not altogether surprising.

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