25 December

Events which occurred on 25 December.

On Earth

• 1914 – The last meeting of the T.C.B.S. before Geoffrey Bache Smith, Robert Gilson, Thomas Kenneth Barnsley and Christopher Wiseman join the Great War takes place in London.
• 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.

In Arda

• T.A. 3018:
  • The Fellowship of the Ring leaves Rivendell at dusk.

Inspiration

Tolkien noted in Nomenclature that the date the Fellowship departed from Rivendell was purposefully chosen.