Everything I Ever Needed to Know About the North Pole I Learned from Father Christmas (and Karhu the Polar Bear [and Ilbereth the Elf]).

Based on a portion of a keynote address delivered at the 50th Tolkien Society Oxonmoot, this paper investigates the Father Christmas Letters through a world-building lens, and suggests areas of analysis concerning the letters where scholars may make significant additional contributions to Tolkien St...

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Main Author: Larsen, Kristine
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Published: ValpoScholar 2023
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Online Access:https://scholar.valpo.edu/journaloftolkienresearch/vol16/iss2/8
https://scholar.valpo.edu/context/journaloftolkienresearch/article/1337/viewcontent/auto_convert.pdf
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Summary:Based on a portion of a keynote address delivered at the 50th Tolkien Society Oxonmoot, this paper investigates the Father Christmas Letters through a world-building lens, and suggests areas of analysis concerning the letters where scholars may make significant additional contributions to Tolkien Studies.