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Celebration cake for Hobbit Day at the Green Dragon Tavern on the Hobbiton Movie Set, in 2016. Hobbit Day is a name used for September 22nd in reference to its being the birthday of the hobbits Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, two fictional characters in J. R. R. Tolkien's popular set of books The Hobbit (first published on September 21, 1937) and The Lord of the Rings.
Oxonmoot has become the largest of the Tolkien Society's calendar of events, typically bringing about 200 fans from the UK and abroad. [9] The 2018 Oxonmoot was the largest with more than 300 attendees, coinciding with the popular Bodleian exhibition Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth .
The Tolkien Society Seminar is a day-long event held over the summer, consisting of a series of papers on a selected theme. [T 2] [11] Oxonmoot is held on a weekend near to Hobbit Day, Bilbo and Frodo's birthday on 22 September. [12] It is a conference-cum-convention held in an Oxford college since 1991.
Sept. 22: Hobbit Day, Dear Diary Day, Elephant Appreciation Day, American Business Women's Day, World Car-Free Day, National Ice Cream Cone Day, National Centenarian's Day, National White ...
The earliest known production is the 1969 calendar printed in the Meretricious fanzine in December 1968. It was illustrated by Tim Kirk. [1]Ian and Betty Ballantine of Ballantine Books, publishers of The Lord of the Rings in the United States from the 1960s, brought out a Tolkien Calendar in 1973; Ian Ballantine sent a copy to J. R. R. Tolkien, explaining that he always aimed to please the author.
Falls Prevention Awareness Day. First Day of Fall. Hobbit Day. International Day of Radiant Peace. National Elephant Appreciation Day. National Girls’ Night In Day. National Ice Cream Cone Day.
Foster attributes the surge of Tolkien fandom in the United States of the mid-1960s to a combination of the hippie subculture and anti-war movement pursuing "mellow freedom like that of the Shire" and "America's cultural Anglophilia" of the time, fuelled by a bootleg paperback version of The Lord of the Rings published by Ace Books followed up by an authorised edition by Ballantine Books. [8]
The best Thanksgiving activities will keep kids easily entertained before and after dinner. Try these 50 ideas for fun, family-friendly activities.