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   Öjevind Lång wrote:   
   > "Bree"  skrev i meddelandet   
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   >>Always winter and never whatits?   
   >   
   >   
   > Oh, dear. I hope no one finds a fragment where Tolkien describes a jolly   
   > spirit of nature in the Elder Age who wore read clothes and had a white   
   > beard and said "Ho, ho, ho!" as he handed out gifts at Yuletide.   
      
   I always thought that the stories of "Mad Baggins" were   
   intended to be the origin of later Santa Claus stories.   
      
   Morgil   
      
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