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Letters from Father Christmas

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thumb|Santa Claus on the 1902 cover of Puck magazine, thumb|Santa Claus on the 1904 cover of Puck magazine, thumb|Santa Claus on the 1905 cover of Puck magazine. Philosopher David Kyle Johnson wrote, "It's a lie, it degrades your parental trustworthiness, it encourages credulity, it does not encourage imagination, and it's equivalent to bribing your kids for good behavior. Claus's immortality was earned, much like his title ("Santa"), decided by a vote of those naturally immortal.

Odin, transformed into Father Christmas, then Santa Claus, prospered with St Nicholas and the Christchild, became a leading player on the Christmas stage.

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Other nonconformist Christians condemn the materialist focus of contemporary gift giving and see Santa Claus as the symbol of that culture. Edited by Baillie Tolkien, [9] the second wife of Christopher Tolkien, [1] it includes illustrations by Tolkien for nearly all the letters; however, it omitted several letters and drawings. He is popularly associated with a deep, hearty laugh, frequently rendered in Christmas literature as "ho, ho, ho!The stories are told in the format of a series of letters, told either from the point of view of Father Christmas or his elvish secretary Ilbereth. Folklorist Margaret Baker maintains that "the appearance of Santa Claus or Father Christmas, whose day is the 25th of December, owes much to Odin, the old blue-hooded, cloaked, white-bearded Giftbringer of the north, who rode the midwinter sky on his eight-footed steed Sleipnir, visiting his people with gifts. The 1939 letter has Father Christmas making reference to the Second World War, [1] 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 Menace. Simply choose one of 10 NEW unique designs for your santa letter, simply fill in your child's personalisation details including your child's age, present wish, best friend's name, their home town and lots more, then select if you want the letter from Santa or Father Christmas. The law came to attention when the beer brand Bud Light attempted to use its mascot Spuds MacKenzie in a Santa Claus outfit during a December 1987 ad campaign; Bud Light was forced to stop using the imagery.

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