![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Christopher had already begun to have his suspicions - no doubt encouraged by the challenge to his belief in Father Christmas posed by schoolmates - when he came upon a drawing lying on his father’s desk when his father had been called to the telephone. Throughout the period in question, the older children kept the secret as they learned the truth so the younger ones could continue to enjoy the excitement and suspense. In keeping with the atmosphere of the published work, the introduction evades the issue of the true author of the letters who was of course J.R.R. In the course of the twenty-three year period, Snow-elves, Red Gnomes, Snow-men, Cave-bears, and the Polar Bear’s nephews joined Father Christmas and the North Polar Bear, and the adventures developed elements obviously emanating from the same imagination as that which created Middle-earth. ![]()
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