My dear children, I am more shaky than usual this year. The North Polar Bear's fault. It was the biggest bang in the world, and most monstrous firework there has ever been . It turned out the North Pole black.
Every December an envelope bearing stamp from the North Pole would arrive for J.R.R. Tolkien's children. Inside would be a letter in a strange spidery handwriting and a beautiful colour drawing. They were from Father Christmas, telling wonderful tales of life at the North Pole.
