A new edition of the famous illustrated Letters from Santa Claus by Tolkien to children is presented in a stunning hardcover format, complete with full-color illustrations.
This classic holiday book featuring Tolkien's amazing letters to Santa Claus, written for his children between the 1920s and 1940s, has been redesigned into a new hardcover edition to match other beloved Tolkien titles. It includes high-quality digital reproductions of the beautiful letters and images.
“My dear children, I am more unpredictable than usual this year. It's due to the North Polar Bear. It was the biggest explosion ever, and the most terrifying firework that has ever existed. It made the North Pole turn black!”
Every December, a sealed envelope from the North Pole would arrive for J.R.R. Tolkien’s children. Inside would be a letter with strange, shaky handwriting and a lovely full-color drawing or some sketches. The letters were from Santa Claus.
They told wonderful stories from life at the North Pole: • How all the reindeer left and scattered the gifts everywhere • How the clumsy Polar Bear climbed to the North Pole and fell off Santa’s house roof into the dining room • How the Moon was broken into four pieces, causing the Man on it to fall into the backyard • How there were wars with the troublesome army of gorillas living in the caves beneath the house!
Sometimes the Polar Bear would write a note, and sometimes Ilbereth the Elf would write in his elegant flow, adding even more life and humor to the stories. From the first note to Tolkien’s eldest son in 1920 to the last heartfelt letter to his daughter in 1943, this book gathers all the Remarkable letters and images into a magical edition. No reader, young or old, can help but be enchanted by the creativity of Tolkien’s Letters from Santa Claus.
Pages: 208, Dimensions: 14.9x14.9cm
