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Letters from Father Christmas (Paperback)

by J. R. R. Tolkien (Author)
4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Paperback: 160 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd; 2Rev Ed edition (1 Oct 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0261103857
  • ISBN-13: 978-0261103856
  • Product Dimensions: 27 x 23 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 665,760 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A new lavish, complete edition of Tolkien's famous illustrated letters from 'Father Christmas', including previously unpublished extracts and pictures. Every December an envelope bearing a stamp from the North Pole would arrive for J.R.R.Tolkien's children. Inside would be a letter in strange spidery handwriting and 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 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 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, and sometimes Ilbereth the Elf would write in his elegant flowing script, adding yet more life and humour to the stories. No reader, young or old, can fail to be charmed by the inventiveness and 'authenticity' of Tolkien's Letters from Father Christmas.

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Every house should have one, 18 Aug 2006
This review is from: Letters from Father Christmas (Hardcover)
My mum used to read this to us when we were children - it really added to the magic of Christmas, especially as 'Father Christmas' then used to write notes to us on the back of beautiful postcards.

Tolkien builds a fabulous picture of Father Christmas's world in a way that shows how he understood children so well - of course there has to be a North Pole, and I never forgot the stories of the North Polar Bear climbing up to get Father Christmas's hat back and breaking it cos he had beren eating rather a lot and was a bit plump! The goblins were a bit scary, the North Polar Bear a bit scatty (one year he went to sleep in the bath and the cellars got flooded ruining all the presents so that year there nearly weren't any presents at all). So beautifully illustrated and magical, my brother and I would beg my mum to re-read the book every year in the lead up to Christmas and when we got our cards from FC it was always a highlight of Christmas morning. My mum never wrote as much as Tolkien or drew pictures, but a few lines in shaky writing thanking us for the sweets we left out and and telling a small story to explain if we hadn't quite got what we'd asked for was part of the magic of Christmas - it stopped us complaining if we got something different and we always treasured the cards - who says everything about Christmas has to be expensive! Every friend of mine gets a copy when they have their first child.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Inspired, 20 Nov 2001
By drseuss88@hotmail.com (Liverpool, Great Britain) - See all my reviews
This is a fantastic book. The stories of the North Polar Bear are funny and engaging for Children of all ages. The Children in my local library were reading it with obvious delight with lots of "ooooh look at that mummy" "I really like that picture" so I bought a copy and I wholeheartedly agree with them!
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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Simply Superb!, 8 Sep 2004
This book is a treasure, and I thank the Tolkien Estate, and Tolkien's own family for allowing their personal letters to be shared with the wider public. The illustrations (all by JRR Tolkien himself) are enchanting. Original calligraphy samples are included with full typesets of each letter. Father Christmas' explanations for shortages (during WWII) and other mishaps (the Goblin's invaded) are a wonderful read. His helpers, a Polar Bear and a secretarial Elf, enter the story and never leave, as the saga continues each Christmas. Never mind the kids - buy this one for yourself.
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5.0 out of 5 stars letters from father christmas
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4.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant! Though not exactly what I was looking for.
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