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291: J.R.R. Tolkien's "Letters from Father Christmas"

Classical Stuff You Should Know

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Origins of the Father Christmas letters

Graham introduces Tolkien's tradition of sending illustrated Father Christmas letters to his children from 1920 onward.

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