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Raymond Briggs, taken by Alan Vaughan in March 2001. Photograph: Alan Vaughan Alan Vaughan: ‘He was a real gentleman’ In these letters Nicholas Christmas, his real name, recounted everything that was happening to him from one year to the next, in profusion of details and with many characters. And he also illustrated them, either in the letter itself or as attached images. Here I leave a link to several of those illustrations, although browsing the web there are many more of his best-known works.

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There will be Christmas activities for the children which include helping the elves prepare some special reindeers food to take away for Rudolph and his team on Christmas Eve * Para lectura en navidades es idóneo, y si los niños ya saben el secreto, hacelo en familia también es algo fantástico. This the perfect Christmas read, just saying, get your hands on this book now, and either read it yourself or give it to your loved ones!)) Includes the Tolkien children's correspondence from 1920 to 1943 (not all, but almost) with Father Christmas (Nicolas Christmas being his real name). And these are a real wonder. The different calligraphies that he uses for each character, the languages ​​that he uses, which are not very elaborate but very different, and above all the enormous variety of very wonderful drawings that accompany these letters.

Lego was a great passion. My child had pirate Lego, Ancient Egyptian Lego, and Star Wars Lego amongst others, but really wanted Roman Lego. For several years, they wrote to Father Christmas, asking for some. Each year, Father Christmas found it harder to come up with a new excuse - especially once said child knew the truth of Father Christmas and presented ever more challenging arguments as to why the elves could surely make it, and that there would be many other enthusiastic recipients. Eventually, Father Christmas said that most Roman things were ruins now, so they could just use regular Lego as ruins! The letters my child received (and wrote in reply) incorporated some of the characters and plot from Tolkien (the North Polar Bear, for instance), but added new characters (especially Windley, a naughty girl elf). As with Tolkien's children, the exchanges continued a little after the real author was known, but it remained a wonderful imaginative stimulus and a shared semi-secret world.The first letter is from 1920, the last one from 1943 (that ones written during the war were especially touching). All of them are charming and full of warmth and kindness. We reserve the right to ask guests to leave if we believe their behaviour is adversely affecting the pleasure of our other guests.

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