Father Christmas Letters: 1920 - 1924 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lalwendë · 12-09-2011, 05:20 PM

1920 and an image of Father Christmas wearing the familiar red and white outfit. So the next time someone tries to go all 'bah humbug' and tell you that Coca-Cola invented 'Santa', you can show them this picture and tell them that they didn't start using this image of Father Christmas until the 1930s!

I like his pixie hood and that he seems to live in a yurt.

Also, the envelope is also addressed to 'Mrs Tolkien' - would that be because of John being too young to read it himself?

12-09-2011, 05:20 PM	#4
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	1920 and an image of Father Christmas wearing the familiar red and white outfit. So the next time someone tries to go all 'bah humbug' and tell you that Coca-Cola invented 'Santa', you can show them this picture and tell them that they didn't start using this image of Father Christmas until the 1930s! I like his pixie hood and that he seems to live in a yurt. Also, the envelope is also addressed to 'Mrs Tolkien' - would that be because of John being too young to read it himself? __________________ Gordon's alive!