Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ As soon as I saw this week's prompt, I thought of this book that I have loved for just over 30 years.
In 1920, the first of these letters was created when Tolkien's eldest son was 3 years old.
They continued for over 20 years.
Santa's secretary was an elf called Ilbereth.
And there's a goblin alphabet created by Santa's troublesome assistant North Polar Bear!
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PhotoHunt #233 ~ Letters
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Magical letters
Preserved for all to enjoy
Wonder of Christmas
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman
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THE MEANING OF AUTUMN
Autumn is the bridesmaid of Summer and the flowergirl of Winter.
Autumn whispers the tones of yesterday in a minor key.
~ Gemma Wiseman
AUSTRALIA ~ The Antipodes
I love a sunburnt country / A land of sweeping plains / Of ragged mountain ranges / Of droughts and flooding rains / I love her far horizons / I love her jewel-sea / Her beauty and her terror / The wide brown land for me / ~ Dorothea Mackellar (1885-1968)
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Letters of a Special Season
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- A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken. ~James Dent
- Autumn is an introspective season when stray thoughts of the mind dive into the mystique of the soul - Gemma Wiseman
- Autumn is the bridesmaid of Summer and the flowergirl of Winter ~ Gemma Wiseman
- Autumn whispers the tones of yesterday in a minor key ~ Gemma Wiseman
- Love is born / With a dark and troubled face, / When hope is dead / And in the most unlikely place; / Love is born, / Love is always born. - Michael Leunig's Christmas Song Cycle "Southern Star"
- Spring paints the stars of heaven in Earth colours ~ Gemma Wiseman
- Summer sizzles with a sibilant hush / Broken by dreams of / Clinking ice ~ Gemma Wiseman
- The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul. - G.K. Chesterton
- Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all. - Stanley Horowitz
- Winter is the fire, simmering lonely in the soul ~ Gemma Wiseman
- Winter is the shadow, the etching of the seasons in the mist ~ Gemma Wiseman
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6 comments:
I love this book! I must remember to look at it again when I go to my parents' at Christmas.
Good lord I had not heard of this book before. It looks utterly charming! Have a great weekend
wow Christmas is just near , i better start writing letters to Santa hehehe.
happy weekend
Sounds like a wonderful book. Great shots.
Have a great weekend.
Liz @ MLC
What a wonderful choice for the theme. I can't believe I haven't heard of this before. I'll have to try and find it.
I just realized that I still have my niece's letters to Santa in my briefcase. She used to send them to Santa, care of me. Apparently, I knew Santa.... So I would reply as Santa.
My niece is now 18. I have to remember to give them back to her!
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