Book: Letters From Father Christmas
Author: JRR Tolkien
Pages: 208
This is my 233rd read for the year
What Amazon says:
Ever December, an envelope bearing a stamp from the North Pole would arrive for JRR Tolkien's children. Inside would be a letter in strange spidery handwriting and a beautiful colored 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 loos and scattered presents all over the place; how the accident-prone Polar Bear climbed the North Pole and fell through the roof of Father Christmas's house into the dining room; how he broke the Moon into four pieces and made the Man in it fall into the back gardn. Sometimes the Polar Bear would scrawl a note, and something Ilbereth the Elf would write in his elegant flowing script, adding yet more life and humor to the stories.
This was a great children's book! It is well written, of course (I would expect nothing less), and the artwork he drew for his children was amazing. What a wonderful treasure for his children as they grew up. These letters and pictures were kept and then made into this book after his death be his family and his foundation. Glad I found this one.
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