September 22 is Hobbit Day! Here are 10 ways to celebrate:
1.) Read or reread The Hobbit. Or share it with a friend.
2.) Go barefoot, as hobbits rarely wear shoes.
3.) Eat Heartily, and don’t miss Second Breakfast at 11:00 am. Hobbits eat six or seven times a day and are particularly fond of apples, blackberry tarts, ripe cheeses, mushrooms, hot soups, cold meats, bacon rashers, scones, potatoes (Samwise Gangee’s favorite) and fruit or meat pies. But, perhaps avoid roast mutton, as that is frequent food of Trolls.
4.) Argue with other Tolkien geeks over whether Hobbit Day actually fell on September 12 or 14, since the Shire Calendar varies from the Gregorian.
5.) Noodle some riddles. Hobbits adore riddles. Bilbo used them to get the best of Gollum in the “Riddles in the Dark” chapter. He later wrote “all that is gold does not glitter” in a telling riddle about Strider, which Gandalf gave to Frodo.
6.) Check out the latest trailer for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey hitting theaters December 14, 2012. Or, look behind-the-scenes via The Hobbit movies official blog.
7.) Log onto HobbitDay.com for an all-day online festival with Tolkien experts, readings, and events.
8.) Read about The Hobbit‘s 75th Anniversary:
Bio Close-up: The 75th Anniversary of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit
The Hobbit: What Has Made the Book Such an Enduring Success? (via the Telegraph)
The Hobbit Second Breakfast (via the Wall St Journal)
Why J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit isn’t Just For Kids (via the Wall St Journal)
9.) Have that “Unexpected” or “Long-Expected” Party! Hobbits like to socialize. Well, except Bilbo of course.
10.) Raise a glass of wine (preferably Old Winyards red), “a good deep mug of beer,” or perhaps a restorative cup of tea, and drink “to The Shire!”
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