Letters to Santa are a childhood tradition. Hand-written replies are rare, so four British siblings were charmed to get 20 years’ worth, which still offer holiday cheer and magic worldwide.
Father Christmas first wrote 3-year-old John Tolkien in 1920 and for over two decades sent illustrated epistles to J.R.R. Tolkien’s growing children. His first began, “I heard you ask daddy what I was like & where I lived. I have drawn me and my house…
