Every December an envelope bearing a stamp from the North Pole would arrive for J.R.R. Tolkien’s children. Inside would be a letter in a strange, spidery handwriting and a beautiful colored drawing or painting. The letters were from Father Christmas.
They told wonderful tales of life at the North Pole: how the reindeer got loose and scattered presents all over the place; how the accident-prone North Polar Bear climbed the North Pole and fell through the roof of Father Christmas’s house into the dining room; how he broke the Moon into four pieces and made the Man in it fall into the back garden; how there were wars with the troublesome horde of goblins who lived in the caves beneath the house, and many more.
No reader, young or old, can fail to be charmed by Tolkien’s inventiveness in this classic holiday treat.

Families who love an old-fashioned Christmas will enjoy this collection of early-20th-century verse. Filled with whimsical illustrations of Santa Claus, cherubic children, and adorable pets, the 12 poems include "The Plum Pudding," "The Twin Snowmen," "At the Tabbykin's Ball," and more. This large-sized reproduction is sure to become a treasured Christmas keepsake.