This Christmas week, we’re going to Oxford—into the quiet study of J.R.R. Tolkien, where a young father and future literary giant spent twenty years writing letters from “Father Christmas” to his children.

But these weren’t cute holiday notes.

They were battles with goblins, polar bears on the brink of disaster, and hand-drawn worlds shimmering with meaning.

And behind it all was a theology Tolkien rarely stated but always lived: that imagination is an echo of the Incarnation itself.

In this episode, we trace the hidden gospel inside The Father Christmas Letters, explore Tolkien’s idea of “sub-creation,” and discover why the Creator stepping into His own story is the ultimate myth become fact.

If you’ve ever wondered how fantasy, faith, and Christmas intersect—this is your invitation to see the season through Tolkien’s eyes.

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