Letters from Father Christmas

The new hardback edition of Tolkien's famous 'Father Christmas letters', including previously unpublished extracts and pictures, plus a twin cassette read by Derek Jacobi with specially composed music. Every December an envelope bearing a stamp from the North Pole would arrive for J.R.R.Tolkien's children. Inside would be a letter in strange spidery handwriting and a beautiful coloured drawing or some sketches. The letters were from Father Christmas. They told wonderful tales of life at the North Pole: how all the reindeer got loose and scattered presents all over the place; how the accident-prone Polar Bear climbed the North Pole and fell through the roof of Father Christmas's house into the dining-room; how he broke the Moon into four pieces and made the Man in it fall into the back garden; how there were wars with the troublesome horde of goblins who lived in the caves beneath the house! The tape comprises a festive unabridged reading of the letters. Interspersed with carols and Christmassy music to give a real seasonal feel, Derek Jacobi's reading, with John Moffatt and Christian Rodzka in supporting roles as Polar Bear and Ilbereth the Elf, is laced with humour.;No reader, young or old, can fail to be charmed by the inventiveness and 'authenticity' of Tolkien's Letters from Father Christmas.