Happy Tolkien day !

[periantari]

‘Not very expensive as a rule’ - applied to all the gifts. Bilbo was in this as in other ways an exceptional person, and his Party was a riot of generosity even for a wealthy Hobbit. But one of the commonest birthday ceremonies was the giving of a ‘party’ - in the evening of the Day. All those invited were given presents by the host, and expected

Comments

[elwenlj]

I think it's wonderful that we have so much information about life in The Shire. (It made writing Shirefic so easy.)

[shirebound]

Bless the care The Professor took in describing hobbits. He was a master at envisioning unique and independent cultures that, even so, had to work together to defeat Evil.

Happy New Year!