Tolkien's Christmas Art - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Bêthberry · 12-24-2005, 12:41 PM

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.

12-24-2005, 12:41 PM	#1
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 5,991	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. __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.