In Christmas letters to his children, J.R.R. Tolkien created a fantastic Arctic with echoes of Middle-earth

By Dimitra Fimi, Cardiff Metropolitan University December 24, 2017
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Like parents the world over, J.R.R. Tolkien dedicated considerable time and effort to making Christmas a joyful time for his young children. Yet this was a man whose rich imagination brought to life an entire world with thousands of years of legendary history; described different orders of creatures, wars and battles; even invented languages. So inevitably, his family traditions were something rather special.

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