Letters from Father Christmas

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In 2006, according to the UPU's 2007 study and survey of national postal operations, France's Postal Service received the most letters for Santa Claus or " Père Noël" with 1,220,000 letters received from 126 countries. [82] France's Postal Service in 2007 specially recruited someone to answer the enormous volume of mail that was coming from Russia for Santa Claus. [78] Safe Travels Santa! We will Be Watching, 19 Dec 2005". NASA's Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex. Archived from the original on 16 February 2011 . Retrieved 4 December 2010. Luzer, Daniel (26 November 2013). "What a Real War on Christmas Looks Like". Pacific Standard. Archived from the original on 14 November 2022 . Retrieved 12 November 2014. There were several anti-religious campaigns, the most dramatic of which occurred in the 1920s. According to a piece published by the School of Russian and Asia Studies: In 1925, Christmas was effectively banned under the officially atheist Soviets, and was not to return to Russian lands until 1992. The New Year celebration usurped the traditions of a Christmas Tree (Ёлка), Santa (known in Russian as "Дед Mopoз" or "Grandfather Frost"), and presents. In the Russian tradition, Grandfather Frost's granddaughter, the Snow Maiden (Снегурочка), always accompanies him to help distribute the gifts. Elves are not associated with the holiday. The state prohibited people from selling Christmas trees. There were even festivals, organized by the League of Militant Atheists, specifically to denigrate religious holidays. Their carnivals were inspired by similar events staged by activists after the French Revolution. From 1923 to 1924 and then again from 1929 to 1930 the "Komsomol Christmases" and Easters were basically holiday celebrations of atheism.

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Mary Ann Georgantopoulos (23 December 2007). "Miracle on Mass. Ave.: City Santa takes suit seriously". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016 . Retrieved 13 November 2010. Santa Claus is coming to town. More accurately, he's from town—Cambridge that is. Jonathan Meath is the perfect fit for a Santa. Beijing Post Office". Beijing Your Way. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011 . Retrieved 21 December 2010.

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Various psychologists and researchers have wrestled with the ways that young children are convinced of the existence of Santa Claus, and have wondered whether children's abilities to critically weigh real-world evidence may be undermined by their belief in this or other imaginary figures. For example, University of Texas psychology professor Jacqueline Woolley helped conduct a study that found, to the contrary, that children seemed competent in their use of logic, evidence, and comparative reasoning even though they might conclude that Santa Claus or other fanciful creatures were real:

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The relationship between ‘Santa Claus’ and ‘Father Christmas’ is one of those fascinating things – sometimes they are treated interchangeably and sometimes not. Here in the Netherlands, for instance, there is a clear distinction between St. Nicholas (Sinterklaas) and Father Christmas (the ‘Kerstman’, ‘Kerst’ being a mediaeval Dutch version of ‘Christ’). In his 1930 Christmas Eve letter, Tolkien’s Father Nicholas Christmas tells he was “called Nicholas after the Saint (whose day is December sixth) who used to give secret presents, sometimes throwing purses of money through the window.” Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of the Christian Science movement, wrote: "the children should not be taught that Santa Claus has aught to do with this [Christmas] pastime. A deceit or falsehood is never wise. Too much cannot be done towards guarding and guiding well the germinating and inclining thought of childhood. To mould aright the first impressions of innocence, aids in perpetuating purity and in unfolding the immortal model, man in His image and likeness." [127] Opposition under state atheism a b "Grand Tours: Who Travels the World in a Single Night?". The Independent on Sunday. 22 December 2002. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013 . Retrieved 22 November 2012. Letters from Father Christmas, also called The Father Christmas Letters in earlier editions, are a collection of letters written and illustrated by J.R.R. Tolkien between 1920 and 1943 for his children, from Father Christmas.Are you looking forward to Christmas this year? I certainly am! Christmas is a very exciting but busy time for me. The elves are busy making toys The reindeer are practising their sleigh runs And I'm busy preparing my list of who's been good. This image originated in North America during the 19th century and has been maintained and reinforced through song, radio, television, children's books, family Christmas traditions, films, and advertising. The Father Christmas Letters". The Tolkien Library. Archived from the original on 12 January 2013 . Retrieved 22 November 2012.

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The Road to Middle-earth · The Keys of Middle-earth · The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion ·a b "The Pagan Origins of Santa Claus". Learn Religions. Archived from the original on 1 January 2023 . Retrieved 1 January 2023. In the United Kingdom, Father Christmas was historically depicted wearing a green cloak. [ citation needed] As Father Christmas has been increasingly merged into the image of Santa Claus, that has been changed to the more commonly known red suit. [136] Santa had been portrayed in a red suit in the 19th century by Thomas Nast among others. [137] Davis, Derek H. (18 November 2010). The Oxford Handbook of Church and State in the United States. Oxford University Press. pp.334–. ISBN 9780190208783. Archived from the original on 1 September 2023 . Retrieved 20 December 2017. Tolkien must have been an excellent farther to his children. To put so much thought and effort into the making of these letters speaks of nothing but devotion. They’re so well crafted by a master of the pen. The calligraphy, alone, is fantastic to look at. It’s quite revealing too. It’s like a little peek into the family life of the Tolkien’s, one which shows the patriarch as a kindly gentleman that he no doubt was. This is a great little book.

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Kutner, Lawrence (21 November 1991). "Children can learn the wrong lessons from little lies". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 8 February 2023 . Retrieved 24 April 2023.Crossover Cosmology: Father Christmas refers to his own father, Grandfather Yule, who represents the pre-Christian pagan winter solstice festival. He also mentions his 'Green Brother', whom we learn little about, but some people have speculated is the symbol of the summer solstice. The Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of Santa Clauses is held by Thrissur, Kerala, India where on 27 December 2014, 18,112 Santas overtook the previous record. Derry City, Northern Ireland had held the record since 9 September 2007, when a total of 12,965 people dressed up as Santa or Santa's helpers. Prior to that, the record was 3,921, which was set during the Santa Dash event in Liverpool City Centre in 2005. [47] A gathering of Santas in 2009 in Bucharest, Romania attempted to top the world record, but failed with only 3,939 Santas. [48]