Hobbit Day is September 22

September 22, 2012 | M. Elwood | Comments (0)


Hobbit feastSeptember 22 is Hobbit Day, a celebration of the birthdays of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins from J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth Cycle books. Some Tolkien fans celebrate the birthdays on September 12 or 14 because of discrepancies between the Gregorian calendar and the Shire calendar used in Tolkien's books, although the American Tolkien Society has been observing Hobbit Day on September 22 since 1978.

Fans celebrate with large feasts inspired by those in the Tolkien books. Because hobbits do not wear shoes, some fans spend the day barefoot.

The Middle Earth Cycle Books:

The Hobbit, or, There and Back Again
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The Fellowship of the Ring
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The Two Towers
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The Return of the King
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The Silmarillion

Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle Earth

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