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Podcast: Exploring Tolkien
Episode: Tolkien Created an Entire North Pole Mythology!
Description: Starting in 1920, JRR Tolkien wrote letters from Father Christmas to his childrenâand continued doing that for 24 more years!
Through those letters, he created an entire mythology, including characters (like the North Polar Bear, Ilbereth his elf helper, bear cubs, goblins), stories, and even battles! Thankfully, all those letters were kept and can now be read by us in the âLetters from Father Christmasâ book!
This year, we put together a reading of Tolkienâs 1926 letterâby Father Christmas himself!
More about Tolkienâs Letters from Father Christmas
Listen to the letter again on You...