Letters from Father Christmas
Format: Audio CD
ASIN: B010BEQEKO
Publish date: 2004-10-18
Publisher: harpercollins publishers ltd (april 23, 2015)
Edition language: English
This book was very whimsical and made me feel like I was the same age as Tolkien's children and growing with them. I could almost imagine the things Tolkien wrote (as Father Christmas) were true happenings and Tolkien really was F.C., and somehow was leading two lives, one with his children and one ...
What a treat these letters must have been for Tolkien’s children! Father Christmas (and buddies) corresponded with them throughout their childhood, telling all about his home at the North Pole and including thrilling adventure stories of marauding goblins. Audiobook version via Audible, competentl...
I really liked it! But I would have preferred the English original publication, plus of course the entire letters (all the years) and the wonderful stamps and drawings!It was a lovely Christmas read and I intend to read the letters to my children, because it is just so adorable! (but maybe, I add so...
Absolutely wonderful and yet... Rather sad. Maybe me wish I could return to childhood or instill into the rest of the world the innocence of a child's mind... Gosh, that was maudlin. Full review to come.
bookshelves: one-penny-wonder, published-1976, winter-20102011, adventure, epistolatory-diary-blog, art-forms, fantasy, families, amusing, kiddlewinks, mythology, poetry, polar, teh-brillianz, war Read from November 15 to 16, 2010 Verily, I am a little cheater. Unsheathed it 'just to look at th...
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