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Letters from Father Christmas
Letters from Father Christmas | J R R Tolkien
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J.R.R. Tolkien's beloved holiday favorite--redesigned for a new generation! Actual letters sent by Tolkien to his children--who were convinced they were from Father Christmas--tell wonderful tales about life at the North Pole.
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wordslinger42
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My #wintergames total is 5,075 points, @StayCurious 🎄📚Between just having moved and being pregnant, I wasn‘t able to participate as much as I was hoping, but I got to read a couple of my very favorite Christmas reads, and it was fun to see other Littens‘ posts 😊 Thank you and @LiseWorks so much for taking the time to host!

#ChristmasChapterChasers #XmasChaCha

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BookwormAHN
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Pickpick

For Christmas, Tolkien would write letters to his kids as Father Christmas & other characters. It is really cute, & you can even see early LOTR influences.
For this year's reread, I tried the audiobook, & it was incredible ❤️
#WinterGames2024 #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks #WGWordSearch #WinterClearDown #SeasonalMonsterSmash @PuddleJumper #AVeryMerryBingo #AVeryScaryChristmas @Jadams89 #OutWithTheOldInWithTheNew @Andrew65

Andrew65 Excellent 🎅🎅🎅 3d
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3d
Daisey I thought the audio was available from one of my libraries and planned to listen this time as well, but when I went to look it wasn‘t there. At some point, I do plan to try it out. 2d
JazzFeathers It is indeed so interesting to see Tolkien's major work filter into this story. A bit like it happened with The Hobbit. It's so sweet that he shared his creations with his children, in a way that they could receive. 2d
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peanutnine
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Pickpick

I really loved reading these letters each day. It's amazing that Tolkien was able to keep it up for so many years for his children. I loved the fun adventures Father Christmas described with his trusty, chaotic North Polar Bear. The drawings were spectacular & magical. I can only imagine the excitement the kids would have each time they got to read a new letter and the story inside
Thanks @Daisey & @JazzFeathers for hosting this #TolkienChristmas

Daisey I‘m so glad you enjoyed it! They are magical! 4d
SpeculativeFemale I always felt like this collection gave a little glimpse into a different part of Tolkien's mind and heart than his novels. His love for his family just shines through the letters. 4d
BookmarkTavern Lovely! 💖 4d
JazzFeathers Glad you enjoyed the read 😁 I do find this reading magical. And somehoe it becomes even more so every time I read it. 2d
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BarbaraJean
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Thank you to @Daisey and @JazzFeathers for hosting #TolkienChristmas again this year! I looked forward to reading my Father Christmas letter each day, and Tolkien‘s drawings & the antics of North Polar Bear were such a joy! This year I bought the Centenary edition of the book instead of relying on a library copy, and I‘m so glad I did (pictured here with the closest I have to NPB). This may become an annual tradition for me! #FellowshipofTolkien

Daisey I‘m so glad to hear you enjoyed it this much! It‘s become an annual tradition for me as well, although I spend varying amounts of time with it from year to year. 5d
JazzFeathers That photo is absolutely fantastic. Thanks so much for sharing it. It warms my heart. And so happy that you enjoyed the readalong. It has indeed become a tradition for this little group of Tolkien enthusiasts 😁 2d
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BethM
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Wes‘ letter from Santa referenced the tagged book this year. #fellowshipoftolkien

Daisey I love this!! 💕 6d
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 6d
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JazzFeathers
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#FellowshipOfTolkien

Just finished and lived it as usual.
Always makes me sad that last melancholy letter. Tolkien wrote Christmas letters to his children for more than 20 years! It must have been sad, and kind of hard, stopping.

All the same, this is such a warming book. I'm always happy to read it in this season ☺️

tpixie ❤️💚❤️ cute cuddly kitty 🐱 6d
Daisey That last letter is bittersweet. Rereading this has absolutely become one of my Christmas traditions. 6d
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JazzFeathers @tpixie Gino is really a sweetie 😻 2d
JazzFeathers @Daisey Same for me. I can't believe that I waited so much to read it the first time because I thought I was unlikely to like it, being so different from his Middle-earth stories. I've learned a lot better 😂 2d
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Daisey
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Merry Christmas friends! 🎄
I‘ve sent the beagle out to run & prepped breakfast enchiladas for brunch with family in a few hours. The tree is lit and music playing while I enjoy a few more pages of this book. I won‘t finish until I‘m back home this evening, but I love it as much as ever. I so appreciate how Tolkien weaves a fantastic story while also reminding readers to be aware of hard times for others.

#FellowshipOfTolkien #TolkienChristmas

CatLass007 Merry Christmas!🎄 ❤️🎄 2w
Ruthiella Merry Christmas to you! 🎄 2w
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KadaGul Merry Christmas
🎄💚🎅❤️🦌💚🎁❤️❄️💚☃️
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kspenmoll Merry Christmas!🎄 2w
dabbe Happiest of holidays. 💙❄️💙 2w
tpixie Merry Christmas 🎁🎄 I‘ve been dreaming of chicken enchiladas! I plan on making some this weekend with the family. Enjoy your time with yours! 2w
tpixie @Daisey ❤️💚❤️ 1w
wordslinger42 Merry Christmas!! I‘m going to finish up reading this over the next few days, but enjoyed reading it with all of you this year 😊 1w
Daisey @wordslinger42 So good to hear. Hoping to see at least a final post from you when you finish it again. 1w
JazzFeathers I'm late for Christmas, but l wish you a fantastic new year. I've just finished this book and, like you, loved it like always. Maybe even more so this time, l don't know why. 6d
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Susanita
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So charming!
#sundayfunday

BookmarkTavern A fantastic pick! Thanks for sharing! 2w
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wordslinger42
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I haven‘t been able to participate in #wintergames as much as I hoped so far, but here is my points total for the first two weeks for team #ChristmasChapterChasers :

3,515

I know I‘m posting late, so if my points can‘t be counted, I completely understand! @StayCurious

StayCurious not too late at all! You're doing great! 3w
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BarbaraJean
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I‘ve been reading the images of Tolkien‘s handwritten letters alongside the printed text, and several times have discovered that the printed text makes minor changes or omits parts of the original letters! In today‘s letter, there‘s a whole paragraph about Priscilla‘s “Bingos” that is missing from the printed text. So interesting to see the editorial decisions! #TolkienChristmas #FellowshipofTolkien

TheAromaofBooks I noticed this last year! It seemed odd to me to omit what felt like random paragraphs/sentences. 3w
BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks All I can think is that the editors were trying to make the “story“ parts tighter by omitting the specifics about which gifts Father Christmas was bringing. I've noticed they also sometimes omit the references to things the children had written in their letters, which aren't included (I'd actually love to read those, though!) 3w
Daisey I haven‘t analyzed these carefully, but I have wondered about editorial choices. Focusing on the story aspects does make sense. Thanks for sharing. 2w
AvidReader25 I‘ve been reading these with my girls and they are so delightful! 2w
JazzFeathers Oh, l didn't know that. I've tried to read only pieces of the original letters, and l never noticed the omissis. Thanks for sharing ☺️ 6d
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Daisey
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Apologies to my fellow Tolkien readers. I‘m teaching new classes this year and we‘ve got one more week to wrap up the semester. I‘ve got little time for print reading until this week is over, and I haven‘t even kept up on this short daily read. I hope to catch up once school‘s out Friday, but don‘t expect any posts before then. I hope you‘re enjoying, and I would still love to see your posts this week.

#FellowshipOfTolkien #TolkienChristmas

CatLass007 Being a teacher is probably the second most important job I can think of. Being a parent is the most important. So you do not have to apologize! ❤️ What subject(s) do you teach? Is that a wiener dog? 3w
Ruthiella Luthien ❤️🐶❤️🐶❤️ 3w
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dabbe #thelovelyluthian 🖤🐾🖤 3w
Daisey @CatLass007 Thanks! I teach JH & HS math, and Luthien is a beagle. She was out running for a few hours yesterday and ready for a nap. 3w
wordslinger42 I‘m enjoying the reread immensely, even though I haven‘t posted! It‘s such a comforting read 😊 3w
JazzFeathers I totally understand, @Daisey It has been the same for me. I'll probably catch up after Christmas. 3w
JazzFeathers @wordslinger42 That's so well-sais! It is indeed a comforting read ☺️ 3w
mabell So cozy 🥰🥰 3w
Daisey @wordslinger42 @JazzFeathers Yes, it really is a comfort read for me this time of year as well. If I don‘t catch up before, I‘ll probably finish it Christmas Eve. It will be a perfect time to curl up and read before the bustle of Christmas Day. 3w
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EclecticBookLover
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Finished my my cards for the #holidaycardswap #litsyholidaycardswap. I‘ll be dropping them in the mail tomorrow with the rest of my Christmas cards 🙂

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JazzFeathers
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#FellowshipOfTolkien #TolkienChristmas

Read three years today and caught up on Letters from Father Christmas.

Both the story and the drawings are so lovely.
Every time l read them l imagine how magical it must have been for Tolkien's children to keep this correspondence with Father Christmas 🥰

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jen_the_scribe
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Enjoying more of my holiday reads by the tree with a cup of tea while I wait for laundry to finish drying. I wish I had discovered Tolkien‘s collection of letters to his children sooner (I discovered it only last year). Such a whimsical, wonderful way he made their Christmas‘ more magical, I‘m sure. And it seems he didn‘t let up once they got older either lol.

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Born.A.Reader
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My little one woke up sick today 😪 so staying home instead of running errands. Hoping she feels better by her birthday on Tuesday.
While I'm tending her, catching up on my #TolkienChristmas readalong, and other Christmas reads.
@Daisey

Daisey Sorry to hear the little one is sick, but I hope you‘re enjoying the readalong. 4w
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Daisey
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Catching up on Letters from Father Christmas this morning with breakfast and laughing about the “Rory Bory Aylis fireworks” and the North Polar Bear‘s antics!

#FellowshipOfTolkien #TolkienChristmas #BreakfastWithTolkien #BookAndBreakfast

BethM I‘m always in awe of just how talented this man is. 1mo
peanutnine I was not expecting these amazing drawings!! So beautiful. I love all the antics with the North Polar Bear 🐻‍❄️ 1mo
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JazzFeathers I caught up to yesterday. Every time l read these letters, l love them the more 😁 1mo
Daisey @BethM @peanutnine Agreed! I never knew about Tolkien‘s artistic talents until I started reading more of his work on Litsy. It‘s so wonderful! 1mo
Daisey @JazzFeathers I don‘t know that I can love them any more than I already do, but I do find new things to appreciate every time. 1mo
tpixie This book of letters is so fun and beautiful 🤩 1mo
BarbaraJean I treated myself to the Centenary edition this year and am so glad I did! I loved the illustrations last year but they're even better in this larger edition. And I'm loving all the commentary that the North Polar Bear adds along the way!! 1mo
Deifio I love what the north polar bear gets up to. 4w
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JazzFeathers
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#FellowshipOfTolkien.#TolkienChristmas

Even in his children's stories Tolkien uses such poetic imagery.

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tpixie
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Starting this buddy read of this gorgeously illustrated book & loving letters.

#FellowshipOfTolkien #TolkienChristmas #BuddyRead

JazzFeathers What a beautiful edition! I'm jealous 🤩 1mo
tpixie @JazzFeathers Yes! It‘s gorgeous! ❤️❤️❤️ It was a lucky Amazon purchase last year! (edited) 1mo
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wordslinger42
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I still have to find a pretty star for the top, but here‘s my first attempt at a book tree! 🎄📚

#ChristmasChapterChasers #XmasChaCha #wintergames
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julieclair Looks great! 1mo
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 1mo
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Ruthiella Lovely 🥰 1mo
MonicaLoves2Read Love it! I want to try to make a book tree. 1mo
Daisey Beautiful! 1mo
tpixie So pretty. Love the vintage looking bindings 🎄📕🎄 1mo
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Daisey
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It‘s December and time to read this wonderful collection of letters! I was busy traveling Sunday and getting back into the routine of school yesterday, so I‘m just now sitting down to read the first few letters. Reading them again, it‘s interesting how simply they start, but also to note aspects that will stay the same in them for years to come. I look forward to hearing your thoughts as you read!

#FellowshipOfTolkien #TolkienChristmas

CatLass007 I listened to it on audio last time but I lusted after the gorgeous photos in your posts. So this time I have a print copy.🐾🐾🎅🏾 1mo
peanutnine Adorable kitty photo! 😻😻 I've been enjoying the first few letters so far 1mo
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dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 1mo
Leftcoastzen Very pretty kitty 🐱 1mo
tpixie Such a sweet kitty 🐱. Thanks for the tag! December started sooner than I expected! 😂 I hope to start reading this tonight! @ 1mo
JazzFeathers I started reading yesterday. There's something magical about these letters 🥰 1mo
curiouserandcurioser @Daisey i would like to be added, please:) 1mo
Daisey @CatLass007 Wonderful! Hope you enjoy all the illustrations. 1mo
Daisey @peanutnine @dabbe @Leftcoastzen Thanks! He‘s not always so willing to be in photos. 1mo
Daisey @tpixie @tpixie Yep, December is already getting away from me too! 1mo
Daisey @JazzFeathers Agreed! I love revisiting them each year. 1mo
Daisey @curiouserandcurioser Done! Glad to have you joining us. 1mo
CatLass007 The book is gorgeous! 1mo
BethM Wes is loving the pictures 1mo
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JazzFeathers
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#FellowshipOfTolkien #TolkienChristmas

Late as usual, today l star this cutie 🥰

wordslinger42 I‘m starting today as well! 😊 1mo
JazzFeathers @wordslinger42 Yayyy! 💪😁 1mo
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dabbe
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#middlegrademonday
@karisimo
This one's great for ALL ages! I reread it every year. 🎄

#wintergames2024
#holidaybookdragons @StayCurious @LiseWorks
#photochallenge +20 points (10 for photo + 5 for being a book + 5 for post)

Karisimo I enjoyed listening to it last year! Thanks for sharing! 1mo
dabbe @Karisimo 💙❄️💙 1mo
Daisey A favorite of mine as well! 1mo
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dabbe @Daisey I loved reading it last year with the group! 💙❄️💙 1mo
Daisey @dabbe We‘re reading it again this year if you want to join us again. I just pulled my copy out to start this evening! 1mo
dabbe @Daisey 🥰🥰🥰 1mo
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BethM
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We did Letters from Father Christmas last year, but this year I‘m adding Life and Adventures of Santa Claus :)

tpixie Oh! Another great author 1mo
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JazzFeathers
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#FellowshipOfTolkien #TolkienChristmas

Thanks to @Daisey for the schedule of our traditional Christmas readalong 😁

I hope lots of you will join.
This is such a beautiful, heartwarming book, so perfect for this season.

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BethM
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Come join us! We bought an illustrated copy with the real letters etc and Wes loved doing this last year! #tolkienchristmas #fellowshipoftolkien @Daisey @JazzFeathers

Daisey Thanks for sharing! So looking forward to reading this with you again. 2mo
JazzFeathers Isn't the illustrated edition absolutely enchanting? 🤩 1mo
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LitsyEvents
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Repost for @Daisey

Both @JazzFeathers and I have been busy and not great readalong hosts so we‘re not starting any Tolkien new reads until next year. However, it‘s become a tradition for us to reread this book each December, and we‘d love to have you join us.

This is the same schedule as last year. Please comment on the original post if you‘d like to be added to the tag list for this book.

Daisey Thanks for sharing! 2mo
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Daisey
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Both @JazzFeathers and I have been busy and not great readalong hosts, so we‘re not starting any new Tolkien reads until next year. However, it‘s become a tradition for us to reread this book each December, and we‘d love to have you join us.

This is the same schedule as last year. I‘m tagging my entire Tolkien list today, but please comment if you would like to be on my tag list for this specific book.

#FellowshipOfTolkien #TolkienChristmas

TheAromaofBooks Oh yes, I really enjoyed this last year and would love to reread!! 2mo
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wordslinger42 Oh yes, I would love to read this with you all ❤️ 2mo
BarbaraJean Ohhhh, yes, please!! I loved this last year. 2mo
Daisey @TheAromaofBooks @wordslinger42 @BarbaraJean Wonderful! I‘ve started the tag list and look forward to rereading with you! 2mo
peanutnine This is on my TBR and I would love to read it with a group! ☺️ 2mo
Deifio I'd like to join in! 2mo
tpixie @Daisey I‘d like to try! 2mo
BethM Totally in! Wes loved this last year! 2mo
Daisey @peanutnine @Deifio @tpixie @BethM Great! I‘ve added you to my list! 2mo
JazzFeathers Thanks for the schedule @Daisey As you can see by my delay, I'm terrible at keeping up 🙄 But I've finished The Silmarillion last week and am aiming at finishing LotR this week. No way I'm missing the Father Christmas readalong 😁 1mo
Daisey @JazzFeathers All good to hear! This one should be pretty easy to keep up with! I‘m so looking forward to reading it again with everyone. 1mo
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Emilymdxn
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Pickpick

My grad school essay has been absolutely eating me alive this week and I‘ve just finished three full days at the library in a row 🥺 but I did fit one more Christmas book in for #wintergames and this was maybe my favourite I‘ve ever read! I love Tolkien so much and this was gorgeous! #snowangels

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JazzFeathers
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#FellowshipOfTolkien #TolkienChristmas

I'm always so sad to finish the Letters from Father Christmas because it's a melancholy ending. During the war, with Tolkien finally giving up on a tradition he kept for over 20 years.

But this is a wonderful book, full of joy (for the most part) and the obvious love of a dad for his children.
It always warms my heart.

Daisey So true! 12mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 12mo
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BethM
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Pickpick

So great. The illustrations are beautiful. I imagine this will become a tradition with Wes. Not going to lie the first paragraph of the last letter had me teary and trying not to cry while I read aloud. #fellowshipoftolkien #wintergames

BethM @Daisey @JazzFeathers I‘m guessing after the new year is the next reading adventure? Is it Silmarillion? 12mo
Daisey So glad Wes enjoyed it with you! We actually have The adventures of Tom Bombadil & some other shorter works on the list to start in January! I hope to make a post between events later today. 12mo
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Roary47
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Mehso-so

3✨This is a really sweet quick read of letters Tolkien wrote to his children from Father Christmas and the North Polar Bear. It is a little sad because as you read the children stop writing to Santa so you know they are getting older. There are sweet adventures that they have each year which make it more than just responding to the letters Father Christmas would have received. Just a really sweet read. #WinterGames #GingerbreadGems

Roary47 Word Search- 1,846 12mo
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dabbe
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Pickpick

How did I miss this book as a holiday read? Heartfelt and heart-wrenching, Tolkien writes letters to his children as Father Christmas. His stories and illustrations are glorious and gloriously fun. The antics of Polar Bear are ingeniously drawn and told. If a lover of the TOY STORY movies, you will experience the wonderment and inevitable sadness as the children grow up. This will now be an annual read. Thanks, @Daisy & @JazzFeathers. 💔❤️❤️‍🩹

MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm Yes! Such a great one! I too couldn‘t believe it had flown under my radar for so long. 😅❤️ 12mo
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BarbaraJean
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Pickpick

What a wonderful daily read at Christmas! Thank you @Daisey and @JazzFeathers for picking this for #TolkienChristmas for the #FellowshipofTolkien. It was a delight to check in each day for the further adventures of Father Christmas and North Polar Bear, in their letters to the Tolkien children. The drawings, and the cheeky side comments from NPB were so much fun. ❤️💚🎅🏼🎄🐻‍❄️💚❤️

Daisey I‘m glad you enjoyed it with us! Definitely one of my favorite Christmas reads! 🎄 13mo
JazzFeathers So happy you enjoyed it! This is really such a perfect book for Christmas and fondo many reasons 😊 12mo
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Cortg
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Pickpick

Such a delightful read to get in the spirit of Christmas! Tolkien wrote letters to his children from Father Christmas & friends for 20 years. You‘ll find some laugh out loud shenanigans happening in the North Pole with polar bears, snowboys, elves, and goblins as well as stunning illustrations! Tolkien‘s daughter-in-law/secretary edited this beautiful book to share with the world. #TolkienChristmas @Daisey Thank you. ❤️

JazzFeathers Beautiful review 😍 12mo
Cortg @JazzFeathers Thanks! 😊 12mo
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AmyK1
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Pickpick

This is one of my favorites to read every December ❤️

#FellowshipofTolkien #TolkienChristmas @Daisey @JazzFeathers

Daisey One of my favorite December reads as well! 13mo
JazzFeathers Oh my goodness! What beautiful edition 🤩 12mo
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Daisey
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I finished the last couple letters and enjoyed this reread as much as ever, especially the illustrations. I always appreciate Tolkien‘s way of bringing wartime difficulties into these letters for his children, but combined with them growing up, it makes for some very bittersweet last letters.

I hope everyone else is enjoying reading these as well!

#TolkienChristmas #FellowshipOfTolkien #Christmas

BethM Kiddo loves it! 13mo
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AllDebooks Such a beautiful insight into Tolkien's family life. X 13mo
Cortg Such a wonderful Christmas book. I adored the illustrations and Polar Bear‘s shenanigans. I brought a library copy home yesterday and my son plans to read it next! ❤️ 13mo
BarbaraJean I loved this so much—Tolkien‘s pictures were such a delight, as well as all of North Polar Bear‘s antics! 13mo
Clare-Dragonfly I‘ve been enjoying this very much! I was able to see some of the illustrations in color on Kindle in the browser and I put the physical copy on hold for a better look, but unfortunately I think with all the medical appointments I‘ve lost my hold. Maybe next year! 13mo
Daisey @BethM @AllDebooks @Cortg @BarbaraJean @Clare-Dragonfly I am so glad to hear everyone is enjoying it! It is definitely a wonderful insight into their family and a book that deserves to be read in print. 13mo
JazzFeathers This last letters are so sad. But also so revealing of Tolkien's feelings, his relationship with his children and also what he must have taught to them about life. 12mo
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Fortifiedbybooks
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Pickpick

I don't know if I will read this again like I reread A Christmas Carol every year, but this is an excellent Christmas book that I'm happy to have finally read. It might have sat on the shelf for another year had it not been for #SnowedIn and #FellowshipofTolkien #TolkienChristmas. It also earned me a couple thousand points for #WinterGames #CandyCaneCrushers!

JazzFeathers You never know. I resisted reading it for many years... And now it's a Christmas tradition 😁 12mo
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Bookworm54
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Pickpick

I kept on top of the #TolkienChristmas buddy read (despite not posting or being super active!)

This was really sweet, but also sad. You could feel how disappointed he was when the kids started growing up and no longer wrote to Father Christmas. The drawings were lovely.
Thanks for putting this on my radar so I could move this up my list @Daisey 🥰

#WinterGames #RestingGrinchFace #DashingDecember
(268 wordsearch words in this one)

JazzFeathers The last letter always makes me sad. After all, Tolkien wrot to his children for over 20 years. It must have been hard for him to stop. But what a beautiful gift for his children throughout their Iives! 12mo
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Susanita
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1. A Christmas Story
2. All I want for Christmas is a new birthday gift. (My birthday is in July.)🤷🏻‍♀️
3. Tagged! I finished ahead of the #TolkienChristmas schedule. 😀
#wondrouswednesday

Eggs I love your book choice - so enchanting ❤️ 13mo
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CatLass007
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Pickpick

I listened to this audiobook for #TolkienChristmas #FellowshipOfTolkien. I enjoyed hearing the voices of the three different letter writers, but I missed out on seeing the artwork in the print version. If there‘s a #BuddyRead of the same book next year I‘ll probably get a print copy.

Daisey Glad you enjoyed it, but I really do think this one is so much better in print with the illustrations. 13mo
CatLass007 @Daisey I‘ve seen the pictures you‘ve posted and I tend to agree. 13mo
JazzFeathers This is one of those books that really needs to be read in print, because the illustrations are part of the story, after all. 12mo
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BarbaraJean
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I‘ve been reading the eBook version of Letters from Father Christmas because that‘s what was first available at my library—but I really wanted to read it in print. Several weeks ago, I put the print version on hold at both local county library systems for which I have a card, hoping one would arrive before Christmas and then I could cancel the hold on whichever was slower. Well. They both arrived today. 😂 #FellowshipofTolkien #TolkienChristmas

JazzFeathers This is one of those books that really needs to be read in the paper version. 12mo
BarbaraJean @JazzFeathers It really does! The images are still there in the eBook, and it was actually nice to be able to zoom in to see the details, but the layout of the print version is just beautiful. I need to buy a copy of this for future years. 12mo
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BethM
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The illustrations in this are beautiful! Every night at the end of books wes checks to make sure we‘re reading a “Santa letter.” #fellowshipoftolkien #wintergames

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Daisey
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Sunday morning breakfast and reading this weekend‘s letters from Father Christmas. We‘re getting more into the longer story letters, and I love it. These letters introduce the trouble making goblins for the first time, and there are all kinds of illustrations.

#TolkienChristmas #FellowshipOfTolkien #BreakfastWithTolkien #BookAndBreakfast

AnnR I love how the stories become more sophisticated with the polar bear and the troublesome goblins. It makes for better illustrations too. 13mo
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AllDebooks This might be my new favourite Christmas book 😍 13mo
Cortg Just got caught up! I love the hieroglyphics. This must have been such a magical letter for these kids 🎅🏼 13mo
BethM The pictures are gorgeous! 13mo
JazzFeathers The middle of the book is simply fantastic. That was the same time Tolkien was telling Bilbo's stories to his children and he was clearly on a roll 😜 12mo
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JazzFeathers They are all so neat, and so British houses 🤩 12mo
dabbe @JazzFeathers 💙❄️💙 12mo
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dabbe The only one I'm keeping up with, too! I'm reading it online, but I think I'll have to buy it because it's just so beautiful! 🤩🤩🤩 13mo
BethM Wes makes sure we read it every night! 13mo
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JazzFeathers @BethM I'm reading at night too 😁 13mo
JazzFeathers @dabbe l know, right? 😜 13mo
Roary47 Im reading it in the morning but keeping up with it. 13mo
TheAromaofBooks I am absolutely loving this!! 13mo
JazzFeathers @TheAromaofBooks Isn't this book so very delightful? I waited to read it for a long time because it wasn't Middle-earth and l was so silly to think l wasn't going to like it. Not the first time that Tolkien surprises me 😜 13mo
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Daisey
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Reading and enjoying a few more of Tolkien‘s Christmas letters tonight! I love the humor that the Polar Bear adds and can‘t help but share some more illustrations.

#TolkienChristmas #FellowshipOfTolkien #Christmas

CatLass007 Wow. What beautiful artwork. 13mo
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dabbe A magical, magical book. 💙❄️💙 13mo
Roary47 I didn‘t even know this was a thing! I agree Polar Bear is so fun. 🐻‍❄️💛 13mo
TheAromaofBooks I can't tell you how much I am enjoying this book! I am so glad that you and @jazzfeathers brought it to my attention!! 13mo
gossamerchild I just got my copy in the mail yesterday, so I'll be catching up for a bit. I'm so glad I bought it, though, it's beautiful! 13mo
JazzFeathers Some of the illustrations are really beautiful. @TheAromaofBooks isn't it a gem? 12mo
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Karhu is, of course, Finnish for “bear”! 🐻❤️

#FellowshipofTolkien #TolkienChristmas

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BethM
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Here‘s Wes putting his stocking on in prep for St Nick tonight 😂 But what I came here to say is we I forgot to read tonight‘s Santa letter and he made sure we didn‘t go to bed without it being read 😂 #raisingreaders #lotrchapteraday #fellowshipoftolkien

peaKnit He looks like his mama ❤️ 13mo
Gissy Adorable! ❤️ 13mo
BethM @peaKnit @Gissy thanks :) 13mo
Avanders Aww ♥️♥️ And I love that you celebrate St nick‘s day! I didn‘t realize until I moved away from wis that it‘s only celebrated in about 1.5 states (Wi and half of Mn, is my understanding)… 13mo
BethM @Avanders that blows my mind. Even daycare celebrates it. 13mo
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AllDebooks
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A lovely weekends reading for #20in4 readathon gained a few points for #Wintergames I'm delighted with my physical copy of Tolkien's letters to his children.
Thanks for hosting @Andrew65 @Daisey #FellowshipofTolkein @Catsandbooks for team #Candycanecrushers

DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 13mo
Andrew65 Well done 🎄🎄🎄 13mo
Catsandbooks Norrell is a chunky one so congrats on getting through it! 🙌🏼 13mo
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