The Father Christmas Letters
... that it has been suggested that Father Christmas in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Father Christmas Letters may have been an inspiration for Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings?
... that it has been suggested that Father Christmas in <span about="#mwt19" class="nowrap" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"nowrap","href":"./Template:Nowrap"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"J. R. R."}},"i":0}}]}' id="mwAow" typeof="mw:Transclusion">J. R. R.</span> Tolkien's <i id="mwAo0"><b id="mwAo4"><a href="./The_Father_Christmas_Letters" id="mwAo8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="The Father Christmas Letters">The Father Christmas Letters</a></b></i> may have been an inspiration for Gandalf in <i id="mwApA">The Lord of the Rings</i>?