![]() Published by his daughter-in-law in 1976 on the 3rd anniversary of Tolkien’s death, this is a stunning collection of art and humorous writing. Tolkien’s The Father Christmas Letters and she was good enough to give it to me. What a find! At a yard sale a good friend scored a copy of J.R.R. ![]() Deepest wishes on this holiday season, and may all your polar bears bring joy and light! I have since found another copy of The Father Christmas Letters, which our son will receive as a gift when he has his own little ones to entertain–whether at firesides or in classrooms or in library book clubs. ![]() I have come to love Tolkien’s peculiar artistic eye, which is captured especially well in the gorgeous and rich Mythopoeic Award-nominated Bodleian exhibition book, Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth, edited by Catherine McIlwaine. ![]() I cannot think of a better Christmas note for you, dear readers of A Pilgrim in Narnia, than to touch this up a bit and send it back out. Tolkien’s funny and endearing Father Christmas Letters has had quite a spin around the internet this week. ![]()
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