Father Christmas Letters: 1940 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Legate of Amon Lanc · 01-05-2012, 01:27 PM

Most curious. I don't have these letters in my book anymore, it ends with 1938 - and then there is only a letter titled "the last letter", which I had always assumed to be 1939, but now I am not so sure. It starts with FC saying that much less kids write to him, probably "because of that terrible war", and speaks about an epic battle. I assume we'll get into that, then, but I would like to know which one it is.

Now I am sort of annoyed, I understand why they had left out the few letters in the beginning (if there wasn't that much in them, it does not really matter), but why to leave out some of the latter ones is beyond me.

01-05-2012, 01:27 PM	#2
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Most curious. I don't have these letters in my book anymore, it ends with 1938 - and then there is only a letter titled "the last letter", which I had always assumed to be 1939, but now I am not so sure. It starts with FC saying that much less kids write to him, probably "because of that terrible war", and speaks about an epic battle. I assume we'll get into that, then, but I would like to know which one it is. Now I am sort of annoyed, I understand why they had left out the few letters in the beginning (if there wasn't that much in them, it does not really matter), but why to leave out some of the latter ones is beyond me. __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

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