Works like this can bring family togetherness around the Christmas season. Polar Bear even makes an appearance as an author! These letters are not philosophically profound nor overtly religious rather, they convey a sense of play that appeals to children – and, if we’re honest, adults, too. To provide drama, goblins sometimes attack the North Pole and must be warded off. He shares stories of his compatriot Polar Bear. He speaks honestly about the troubles of the Second World War.
He warns of gift shortages due to the Great Depression. From the North Pole, Father Christmas writes to the children in response to their letters. The letters display a consistent yet imaginative storyline. Some parents find it hard to share passions with their children not J.R.R. These letters begin in 1920 and continue uninterrupted until 1943, at which time his oldest child left home. As a professor, he was a busy man, but took the time to convey fun annually to his children as they aged. I am most impressed with how much obvious joy Tolkien takes in the art of parenting. His daughter-in-law Baillie posthumously collected these writings into this compilation. He wrote little publicized letters to his children every year at Christmastime by posing as Father Christmas (the equivalent of Santa Claus), replete with this trademark imagination and with drawings and paintings. He was also an Oxford don (in the field of Anglo-Saxon literature) and a family man who was widely adored for his overactive imagination. Tolkien is most well known as the author behind the famed series The Lord of the Rings.
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