[LandRoverAttack]

When I was a kid I read The Hobbit without knowing about the trilogy and loved it. Then I tried reading The Fellowship and was bored to tears, I didn't get far in it at all. And I had been reading (and playing video games) since I was like 4.

As far as Santa goes, I think TMKF's thoughts are close to my own. Christmas is plenty cool from a family perspective, I don't even remember having a bad one. But Santa wasn't so built up in our house, his name was just on a few of our presents and that's about it. I'd probably do as much for my kids, and maybe keep an agnostic mystery about him for them.
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[LandRoverAttack]

I read the up to the fourth Harry Potter book before I was done with it. It was the last book before the first movie released. Coincidence? Probably.
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