30. Noel, a Christmas Poem, by J.R.R. Tolkien
Exploring Tolkien27 Joulu 2022

30. Noel, a Christmas Poem, by J.R.R. Tolkien

This poem, titled “Noel”, was written by J.R.R. Tolkien before The Hobbit was published, and only just discovered in 2013 in a 1936 copy of The Annual of Our Lady’s School (a school magazine).

The beautiful imagery Tolkien creates with his words resonates profoundly with the winter season’s cold and desolate landscape… but the heavens and earth are overwhelmed with joy by the eucatastrophe (as Tolkien would put it) of Christ’s birth.

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