Father Christmas

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My child's purest inventions were Sitty the cat - for whom they tried to sneak real cat food into my shopping basket - and Sitty's friend, Ruffy the dog. Distinct personalities evolved, and we spent many hours creating, retelling, and reworking stories about them. A Visit from St. Nicholas" (also known as "'Twas the Night Before Christmas", 1823) attributed to Clement Clarke Moore Younger children are allowed into the Santa’s Grotto room ONLY if an additional booking has been made which includes them in the group booking of up to 6 people. Without prior booking online, any additional people, including younger children, will not be allowed into the Santa’s Grotto room. Raymond Briggs is one of my key inspirations, his breathlessly sweet Ethel & Ernest totally captured me as a young reader. I was haunted by it for decades, telling the story of his parents’ relationship, from its beginning to their deaths. It’s a wonderful ball of everything he did so beautifully: empathic, funny, existentially terrifying.

A wonderful collection that spreads the Christmas cheer and is a real eye-catcher if you have the print edition. The perfect read for anyone enjoying the holidays and delighting in tales of mischief and the right kind of spirit for this time of year.

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Includes the Tolkien children's correspondence from 1920 to 1943 (not all, but almost) with Father Christmas (Nicolas Christmas being his real name). And these are a real wonder. The different calligraphies that he uses for each character, the languages ​​that he uses, which are not very elaborate but very different, and above all the enormous variety of very wonderful drawings that accompany these letters. The letters my child received (and wrote in reply) incorporated some of the characters and plot from Tolkien (the North Polar Bear, for instance), but added new characters (especially Windley, a naughty girl elf). As with Tolkien's children, the exchanges continued a little after the real author was known, but it remained a wonderful imaginative stimulus and a shared semi-secret world.

Great Grottos process the data on behalf of Derbion. Great Grottos only shares your data with Derbion and no one else. Walking through his 150ft magical grotto will be open for everyone to enjoy all the beautiful scenes This the perfect Christmas read, just saying, get your hands on this book now, and either read it yourself or give it to your loved ones!))

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Meet dragons and giants, goddesses and kings in these tales, which bring to life the ancient myths and legends of the British landscape. Sail with Trojans, ride Scottish stags and watch Stonehenge rise.