These letters would continue over the next 23 years, welcoming Michael, Christopher, and Priscilla into the society of Father Christmas, the Great (Polar) Bear and his two sidekick nephews, Paksu and Valkotukka, and an elvish secretary, as they cope with everything from goblins to general clumsiness. This is the first three-digit milestone for the Tolkien corpus: as a “Centenary Edition”, the publication date marks the 100 th anniversary of the first letter from Father Christmas reaching three-year old John Frances Reuel Tolkien in December 1920. Hitting the American market in late October, this oversized hardback beauty boasts 208 pages of colorful Christmas chronicles first designed to enchant Tolkien’s growing family with seasonal tales from the North Pole. Released in time for the 2020 holiday season, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has followed the path of its British cousin Harper Collins in publishing a striking new edition of the Letters from Father Christmas. The October 2020 edition from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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