Events that occurred on 25 December.
On Earth
- 1903 - J.R.R. Tolkien takes his First Communion.
- 1914 – The last meeting of the T.C.B.S. takes place in London before Geoffrey Bache Smith, Robert Gilson, Thomas Kenneth Barnsley and Christopher Wiseman join the Great War.
- 1925 - Father Christmas writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien's children.
- 1928 - Father Christmas writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien's children.
- 1937 - Father Christmas writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien's children.
- 1938 - Father Christmas writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien's children.
- 1943 - Father Christmas writes his last letter to J.R.R. Tolkien's children.
- 1954 - Singer Annie Lennox is born.
- 1971 - Attacks of Taste, with a contribution by J.R.R. Tolkien, is published.
- 2005 - Reading The Lord of the Rings: New Writings on Tolkien's Classic is published.
In Arda
- T.A. 3018:
- The Fellowship of the Ring leaves Rivendell at dusk.
- New moon[1]:xlviii
Other versions of the legendarium
At first the Fellowship was to depart on 24 November but later Tolkien changed the date.[1]:xlv
Inspiration
Tolkien noted in Nomenclature that the date the Fellowship departed from Rivendell was purposefully chosen.
However, he mentioned later to Henry Resnick that it was an "unimportant date" that "occurred strictly on accident" but he let it "to show that this was not a christian myth anyhow".[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion
- ↑ Henry Resnick, Niekas 18, "An Interview with Tolkien"