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12-24-2005, 12:41 PM | #1 |
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Tolkien's Christmas Art
I know we have several threads discussing Tolkien's art--especially Estelyn's wonderful thread, Tolkien the Artist --but I thought given the season it might be interesting to see some examples of Tolkien's Father Christmas drawings.
He wrote these to accompany the Father Christmas letters he wrote his children, every year. He even drew the stamps on the envelopes. What I enjoy in particular is the whimsy and humour of the drawings. So often I think we take the tone of LotR to reflect the actual tenor of the man's mind. Anyhow, here goes.
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12-24-2005, 12:42 PM | #2 |
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Father Christmas stamps
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12-24-2005, 12:43 PM | #3 |
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Father Christmas polar bear
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12-27-2005, 09:32 AM | #4 |
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I have never seen these before...Those were beautiful, thank you, Bethberry And the last one is so cute!
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01-05-2006, 04:45 PM | #5 |
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A bit late, I know! But these pictures are lovely. And here is one more to add to the thread: click here
Thanks, Bęthberry.
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01-05-2006, 08:15 PM | #6 |
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Oh, a more wonderful link! Thank you, Child. My source was an Oxford link, but there are more pictures in your link than I have ever seen.
I like the tree stuck in the frozen pond and especially enjoy the final Father Christmas picture there. The earth seen against the solar system! Wonderful!
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