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I was wondering about the colour of the outfit. It occurred to me that another Inkling also wrote Father Christmas into one of his stories, so I got out the first Narnia book and looked it up. Lewis also has FC wearing "a bright red robe with a hood that had fur inside it", so there must be some basis for that. Do any Brits know more about the traditional Father Christmas garb?
Thanks for the info concerning the envelope - that one is not pictured in my edition.
His house does look rather exotic, doesn't it?! Those icy pillars surrounding it are like upside-down icicles.
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