And on
the sledge sat a person whom everyone knew the moment they set eyes on him. He
was a huge man in a bright red robe (bright as hollyberries) with a hood that
had fur inside it and a great white beard that fell like a foamy waterfall over
his chest. Everyone knew him because, though you see people of his sort only in
Narnia, you see pictures of them and hear them talked about even in our
world--the world on this side of the wardrobe. But when you really see them in
Narnia it is rather different. Some of the pictures of father Christmas in our
world make him look only funny and jolly. But now that the children
actually stood looking at him they didn’t find it quite like that. He was so big,
and so glad, and so real, that they all became quite still. They felt
very glad, but also very solemn.
~The
Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis. Chapter 10.
How to
Commemorate
- Eat Turkish Delight and hot cocoa.
- Play in the snow. Lacking snow, play hide and seek.
- Check every closet in your house for secret passages. You never know is all I’m saying.
Works
Cited
The
Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
