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Reading of Tolkien's Father Christmas Letters, 22 December through 1 January

In the spirit of the season, Himring and bunn will be hosting a reading of Tolkien's Father Christmas Letters on the SWG Discord, beginning 22 December through 1 January 2023. Both synchronous and asynchronous discussion is welcome, and there will be a live reading of favorite passages on 29 December 2022 at 19:00 UTC. (Find this event in your timezone. Note that the time of this event may change.)

The schedule is as follows:

22 December: Discussion: Letters 1920-25
27 December: Discussion: Letters 1926-1930
28 December: Discussion: Letters 1931-1933
29 December: Live reading of favourite passages, hopefully, 19 UTC
30 December: Discussion: Letters 1934 -1938
1 January: Discussion: Letters 1939-1943

All discussion will take place on the #father-christmas-reading channel on the SWG's Discord. If you want to join our Discord, comment here or email the mods, and we will send you an invitation. All are welcome!

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( Wrap-up and Acknowledgements )

( Discussion Time )

( Fanworks )

And now we have reached the end. We hope you enjoyed this project. Thank you for playing along, and all the best wishes for a creative, fannish, and scholarly 2015!

Indy & Lyra

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Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age

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The Wrap-up Post will be up on December 28.

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Akallabêth

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Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath

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Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin

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Of the Ruin of Doriath

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Of Túrin Turambar

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Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad

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SWG Re-Read 2014: Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad

SWG Re-Read 2014: Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad

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“Of Túrin Turambar” is due October 5.

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Of Beren and Lúthien

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Also, you are welcome to comment on old chapter discussions. Although the re-read is moving on, discussions are never closed!

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Alternate Versions
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( The Lay of Leithian )

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“Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad” is due September 21.

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Of the Coming of Men into the West

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Of Maeglin

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“Of Maeglin” is due on July 27.

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Of Beleriand and its Realms

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Chapter 13 – Of the Return of the Noldor

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ATTENTION: Change of plans! We're going to have a little summer break. “Of Beleriand and its Realms” and "Of the Noldor in Beleriand" will both be due on July 13.

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Of Men

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Chapter 11 – Of the Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor

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“Of Men” is due on June 1.

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Of the Sindar

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This chapter appears to have been an editorial inclusion by Christopher Tolkien, presumably to help readers keep track of the timeline (and what happened with the Sindar pre-Darkening) before plunging back into Middle-earth. The material as presented in the published Silmarillion originates entirely from the "Gray Annals". Only traces of it can be found in earlier versions.

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“Of the Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor” is due May 18.

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Chapter 8 – Of the Flight of the Noldor

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Please note: We don't know everything and it's perfectly possible that we missed something. These summaries and questions are by no means supposed to be complete and exhaustive. If you have looked further into this particular topic or would like to discuss something that we've overlooked, please share it!

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“Of the Sindar” is due on May 4.

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Of the Darkening of Valinor

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Please note: We don't know everything and it's perfectly possible that we missed something. These summaries and questions are by no means supposed to be complete and exhaustive. If you have looked further into this particular topic or would like to discuss something that we've overlooked, please share it!

Also, please don't be afraid to talk amongst yourselves. We don't want this to be an echo chamber or for us to be lecturing to you. We want this to be a discussion among the community as a whole: everybody's got something to contribute!

Finally, don't forget to rec your favorite fanworks related to this chapter in the fanworks rec post.

“Of the Flight of the Noldor” is due April 20.