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'''Father Nicholas Christmas''', also known as '''Daddy Noël''', is the name of the gift-giving figure of Christmas. He sent letters to the Tolkien children and they are collected in a book called ''[[Letters from Father Christmas]]''.
[[File:J.R.R. Tolkien - From Father Christmas, Me.jpg|thumb|"From Father Christmas, Me" by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]]]
'''Father Christmas''' is the name of the gift-giving figure of Christmas. He sent letters to the Tolkien children and they are collected in a book called ''[[Letters from Father Christmas]]''.
 
==Names==
 
Father Christmas also signed his letters as '''Father Nicholas Christmas''',<ref>{{LFC|1930a}}</ref><ref>{{LFC|1930b}}</ref><ref>{{LFC|1931a}}</ref><ref>{{LFC|1932a}}</ref><ref>{{LFC|1933}}</ref> or just '''Nicholas Christmas'''.<ref name=1932b/> In one letter, the [[North Polar Bear]] calls him '''Daddy Noel'''.<ref name=1932b>{{LFC|1932b}}</ref>


==External links==
==External links==
* {{WP|Father Christmas}}
* {{WP|Father Christmas}}
 
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[[Category:Letters from Father Christmas]]
[[Category:Letters from Father Christmas]]
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Revision as of 00:09, 25 December 2016

"From Father Christmas, Me" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Father Christmas is the name of the gift-giving figure of Christmas. He sent letters to the Tolkien children and they are collected in a book called Letters from Father Christmas.

Names

Father Christmas also signed his letters as Father Nicholas Christmas,[1][2][3][4][5] or just Nicholas Christmas.[6] In one letter, the North Polar Bear calls him Daddy Noel.[6]

External links

The world of the Letters from Father Christmas
Main characters: Father Christmas · North Polar Bear · Ilbereth
Other characters: Mr Cave Bear · Green Brother · Grandfather Yule
Man in the Moon · Paksu & Valkotukka · Snow Man
Races & Peoples: Goblins · Green elves · Red Elves · Snow-elves · Snow-men
Other concepts: Arktik · Goblin Alphabet · Windbeam

References