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Description	Father Christmas Packing 1931.
Author or copyright owner	JRR Tolkien
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	The Father Christmas Letters, published by George Allen and Unwin Ltd, London [1976], np (chapter for 1931)
Publication	The Father Christmas Letters
Date of publication	1976
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Father Christmas
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	To illustrate Tolkien's imagined representation of the English Father Christmas within the context of a review of historical representations of the character
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	No free images of Tolkien's imagined representation are believed to exist
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	A very low resolution image, reduced in size from a 1978 printing. Only part of the image is used - the text and 'signature' have been cropped. Only this single image is used from many within the same work. Intended for use in the Father Christmas article only
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	The image is too small to be used commercially
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