Letters from Father Christmas

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If you enjoyed seeing the father Christmas letters that your pupils have created, then why not further enhance your lessons with some of our other resources? Cerebus Syndrome: Starting on 1939, the tone becomes sadder as Father Christmas talks about the terrible war.

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Badass Santa: Father Christmas leads his elves into battle against the goblins in the later letters (he writes that the goblins' strength is proportional to the rise of strife due to World War II.) Tell him something special. If you have achieved a great target, in school or at home, Santa would love to hear all about it! Christmas Elves: Kind of, but being as Tolkien was involved, the elves in this universe have a lot in common with their counterparts in his Legendarium. Particularly noteworthy is Father Christmas's secretary Ilbereth, who writes in a distinctive Elvish script. The content of the letters varied over the years as Father Christmas moved house, had several adventures, and gained more members of his household and the North Pole community. Characters mentioned include Snow-elves, Snow-men, Red Gnomes, Cave-bears, Goblins, and Father Christmas’s personal secretary, an Elf named Ilbereth. One character who maintains a consistent presence in the letters is Father Christmas’s assistant, the North Polar Bear. Some of the most memorable letters include stories of how Polar Bear’s foibles and curiosity often, while trying to be helpful, lead to accidents and disasters. These include causing the North Pole to break and fall on Father Christmas’s home, falling down a staircase with a pile of gifts, letting the bath water overflow, and setting off two years’ worth of northern lights all at once. These accidents sometimes account for deficiencies in the gifts Father Christmas has brought the Tolkien children, and in other cases are meant solely for comedic and dramatic purposes. Polar Bear offers his own commentary with his distinctive angular script in the letter margins, with occasional contradictions of some of Father Christmas’s accounts of how the accidents happened. Polar Bear proves very helpful in later North Pole events, however, when he battles invading Goblins. His nephews, cubs Paksu and Volkotukka, also join Father Christmas’s household in later letters.Bears Are Bad News: Inverted, although the NPB does manage to upset quite a lot of things by accident. Played straight from the goblins' perspective, as NPB is described as being invulnerable to their arrows and easily thrashes hordes of them with little effort.

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Really 700 Years Old: Father Christmas says he is as old as Christmas itself, giving his age as the year (around 1,930). Gratuitous Foreign Language: The North Polar Bear's two mischievous nephews are named Paksu and Valkotukka, which means "Fat" and "White Hair" in Finnish - but, unfortunately, "tukka" only applies to human hair! NPB himself is revealed to be named Karhu, which is Finnish for "bear". Polar Bears and Penguins: Justified. Father Christmas sends a picture featuring the Polar Bear and penguins dancing, explaining those penguins swam from the southern hemisphere to come to his aid.At the end of the activity, why not gather up the father Christmas letters and create an eye-catching display? Featuring beautiful, colourful illustrations, they’d look great as part of a festive classroom wall! What other festive resources like this one do you have available? Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: When the North Polar Bear breaks its leg, Father Christmas stops momentarily complaining about his antics, telling the bear is also a big help and hopes he heals soon. Whichever edition finds its way to your home, the Wade Center recommends sharing it with loved ones and having a ready supply of hot cocoa to accompany the reading sessions. We’ll let Father Christmas have the last word: “A merry Christmas to you from North Polar Bear. As soon as they’ve done that, pupils can sit down and have a go at writing their own letters using our range of colourful templates, as well as our handy word mats and other writing aids. This provides a lovely way for children to wind-down at the end of the term, all while encouraging independent writing and thinking. Shout-Out: One of the letters (written when Tolkien had started writing The Hobbit) contains an image showing both Smaug (as a cave painting) and Gollum (peeking round the corner of a cave).