J.R.R. Tolkien: Father Christmas

The Bodleian Library in Oxford, England, will exhibit illustrated Christmas letters from J.R.R. Tolkien, masquerading as Father Christmas, to his children, the Guardian reported.

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"Hot chocolate recipes based on fictional characters" were served up by Quirk Books.

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"Youthquake" was named 2017 word of the year by Oxford Dictionaries and "Feminism" trumped "complicit" to be Merriam-Webster's word of the year.

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Headline of the day (via the Telegraph): "Better late than never: Rome revokes the exile of the poet Ovid, 2,000 years after his death."

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Russia Beyond the Headlines noted "10 literary masterpieces on which every Russian was raised."

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