I’ve always associated Christmas with books and reading. A book has always been a favourite gift. When I was a child, a Christmas did not go by without my reading Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. As an adult, that has been replaced with reading or listening to Stuart MacLean’s short story, “Dave Cooks the Turkey” (audio version available at https://soundcloud.com/cbc-radio-one/vinyl-cafe-dave-cooks-the).
Earlier
this year, a friend gave me a book which I can see will become a favourite for
this time of year. Letters from Father Christmas by J. R. R. Tolkien is a beautiful
little book complete with illustrations by the famous author of The Lord of the Rings.
Beginning
in 1920 and continuing for over twenty years, Father Christmas wrote a letter
to the four Tolkien children. Father Christmas
wrote about events at the North Pole and the escapades of the North Polar Bear,
Snow-elves, Red Gnomes, Snow-men, Cave-bears, and the Polar Bear’s nephews,
Paksu and Valkotukka.
The book
reproduces Father Christmas’ shaky handwriting and the pictures he sent in his
letters. It’s a visual treat as well as
a fun read.
Merry
Christmas to all my readers.
Joyeux Noël
à tous mes lecteurs.
Wesołych
Świąt dla wszystkich moich czytelników.
Vrolijke
Kerstmis aan al mijn lezers.
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