Inside would be a letter in a strange, spidery handwriting and a beautiful colored drawing or painting.
" Every December an envelope bearing a stamp from the North Pole would arrive for J.R.R.
The 1939 letter has Father Christmas making reference to the Second World War, while some of the later letters feature Father Christmas' battles against Goblins, which were subsequently interpreted as being a reflection of Tolkien's views on the German foe in the War. The stories include descriptions of the massive fireworks that create the northern lights and how Polar Bear manages to get into trouble on more than one occasion. They document the adventures and misadventures of Father Christmas, described as the brother of Green Brother and son of Grandfather Yule, and his helpers, including the North Polar Bear and his two sidekick cubs, Paksu and Valkotukka. When is Michael going to learn to read, and write his own letters to me? Lots of love to you both and Christopher, whose name is rather like mine.The stories are told in the format of a series of letters, told either from the point of view of Father Christmas or his elvish secretary Ilbereth. If John can’t read my old shaky writing (1925 years old) he must get his father to. I send you a picture of the accident, and of my new house on the cliffs above the N.P. I expect his temper is hurt, and will be mended by next Christmas. He is well again now, but I was so cross with him that he says he won’t try to help me again. The pole broke in the middle and fell on the roof of my house, and the N.P.Bear fell through the hole it made into the dining room with my hood over his nose, and all the snow fell off the roof into the house and melted and put out all the fires and ran down into the cellars where I was collecting this year’s presents, and the N.P.Bear’s leg got broken. I told him not to, but the N.P.Bear climbed up to the thin top to get it down - and he did.
It all happened like this: one very windy day last November my hood blew off and went and stuck on the top of the North Pole. In fact, awful things have been happening, and some of the presents have got spoilt and I haven’t got the North Polar Bear to help me and I have had to move house just before Christmas, so you can imagine what a state everything is in, and you will see why I have a new address, and why I can only write one letter between you both. I am dreadfully busy this year - it makes my hand more shaky than ever when I think of it - and not very rich. Here is a sample of the delightful letters from 1925, thanks to Letters of Note:
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