I love the notes at the borders of the picture (Me! angry  ) and the North Polar Bear's writing a p.s. in his "fat paw".
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Originally Posted by Pitchwife
IIRC the Tolkien Family moved from Leeds to Oxford in 1925, so the children would have been able to sympathize with Father Christmas. Or the other way round: the story echoes the children's own experience and shows them the same can happen to the most exalted persons, which would have comforted them, if they were upset by moving house.
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Thank you for this interesting facts!
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Last edited by Guinevere; 12-17-2011 at 02:29 PM.
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