📆🎄 The 12 Days of The Lord Of The Rings Christmas

Plus other bonus LOTR Christmas carols!

It’s December, which means one thing: it’s time for Lord of the Rings Christmas content! In today’s newsletter:

The 12 Days of a Lord of the Rings Christmas!

On the 12th day of Christmas, my precious gave to me…

twelve dwarves and thorin

elevenses and luncheon

ten thousand uruks

nine black riders

ate second breakfast

seven palantíri

six thousand spears

FIVE ISTARI

“The Five” by Sindacollo on DeviantArt

four hobbitses

three silmarils

Feanor by BellaBergolts on DeviantArt

the two towers

AND ONE RING TO RULE THEM ALL

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More LOTR Carols

Rudolph

You know Dasher and Dancer
And Prancer and Vixen,
Comet and Cupid
And Donner and Blitzen
But they were all of them deceived
for another reindeer was made

Get this one on a shirt

All I Want For Christmas Is…

I don't want a lot for Christmas
There is just one thing I need
One Ring to rule them all
One Ring to find them
One Ring to bring them all
and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie

I’m Dreaming of a…

I’m dreaming of a white wizard

Just like the one I used to know

…ok, maybe not exactly like that one. A bit less evil and power-hungry, for one.

Let It Snow

Oh the weather outside is frightful

but the fire is so delightful

And since we’ve no place to go
Fly you fools! Fly you fools! Fly you fools!

Last Christmas

Last Christmas I gave you my heart...

Merry Did You Know?

Merry, did you know that I broke two toes kicking an Uruk's helmet?

And finally, Sannatar is Coming to Town

That’s all for this week’s Jokien with Tolkien newsletter. Farewell, friends. Go towards goodness!

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