Letters from Father Christmas

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In Kyrgyzstan, a mountain peak was named after Santa Claus, after a Swedish company had suggested the location be a more efficient starting place for present-delivering journeys all over the world, than Lapland. In the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, a Santa Claus Festival was held on 30 December 2007, with government officials attending. 2008 was officially declared the Year of Santa Claus in the country. The events are seen as moves to boost tourism in Kyrgyzstan. [46]

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The 1939 letter has Father Christmas making reference to the Second World War, while some of the later letters feature Father Christmas' battles against Goblins, which were subsequently interpreted as being a reflection of Tolkien's views on the German foe in the War. For the wild hunt, Simek (2010:372–373). For Jólnir, see Simek (2010:180) and Orchard (1997:189). For Langbarðr, see Simek (2010:186). NZ Post to tighten net for Santa, by Alexis Grant, 30 Nov 2004". The New Zealand Herald. 30 November 2004. Archived from the original on 10 August 2011 . Retrieved 12 December 2010.Babies and toddlers do not understand the concept of a fictional character, but most children become developmentally able to "believe in" Santa Claus around age three or four. [149] [139] The prevalence of belief in Santa Claus is high at age five, and declines precipitously when children are seven or eight years old. [150] [151] [152] [153] Although the age at disillusionment has been fairly stable for decades – in 1978, 85% of American five year olds believed that Santa was real, but only 25% of eight year olds still did – it may be getting slightly lower over time. [154] See also Halkoaho, Jenniina; Laaksonnen, Pirjo (2009). "Understanding What Christmas Gifts Mean to Children" (PDF). Young Consumers. 10 (3): 251. doi: 10.1108/17473610910986053. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2011 . Retrieved 12 December 2010. The letters themselves were written over a period of over 20 years to entertain Tolkien's children each Christmas. Starting in 1920 when Tolkien's oldest son was aged three, each Christmas Tolkien would write a letter from Father Christmas about his travels and adventures. Each letter was delivered in an envelope, including North Pole stamps and postage marks as designed by Tolkien. Bever, Lindsey (22 December 2018). " 'Is there a Santa Claus?': How a child's letter inspired the classic 'Yes, Virginia' response". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 17 March 2022 . Retrieved 25 August 2022.

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a b c "No small job for postal elves, 15 Dec 2010". Universal Postal Union – UPU. Archived from the original on 22 December 2010 . Retrieved 17 December 2010. In 1087, while the Greek Christian inhabitants of Myra were subjugated by the newly arrived Muslim Seljuq dynasty, and soon after their Greek Orthodox church had been declared to be in schism by the Catholic church (1054 AD), a group of merchants from the Italian city of Bari removed the major bones of Nicholas's skeleton from his sarcophagus in the Greek church in Myra. Over the objection of the monks of Myra the sailors took the bones of St. Nicholas to Bari, where they are now enshrined in the Basilica di San Nicola. Sailors from Bari collected just half of Nicholas' skeleton, leaving all the minor fragments in the church sarcophagus. These were later taken by Venetian sailors during the First Crusade and placed in Venice, where a church to St. Nicholas, the patron of sailors, was built on the San Nicolò al Lido. St. Nicholas' vandalized sarcophagus can still be seen in the St. Nicholas Church in Myra. This tradition was confirmed in two important scientific investigations of the relics in Bari and Venice, which revealed that the relics in the two Italian cities belong to the same skeleton. Saint Nicholas was later claimed as a patron saint of many diverse groups, from archers, sailors, and children to pawnbrokers. [4] [5] He is also the patron saint of both Amsterdam and Moscow. [6] Seabury Quinn's 1948 novel Roads draws from historical legends to tell the story of Santa and the origins of Christmas. Other modern additions to the "story" of Santa include Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, the 9th and lead reindeer created in 1939 by Robert L. May, a Montgomery Ward copywriter, and

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Ein Verkaufsfahrer diente als Vorbild – angeblich – manager magazin". Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. The Father Christmas Letters, also known as Letters from Father Christmas, are a collection of letters written and illustrated by J.R.R. Tolkien between 1920 and 1942 for his children, from Father Christmas.