It is 70 years today since The Hobbit first went to print. Assuming the book made it into the shops by the next day we might have a reason for the importance of 22 September for Tolkien. It would be a big coincidence that Bilbo and Frodo both had their birthday on the 22nd September for some other reason, or perhaps pure luck.
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While we’re on the subject of the Shire calendar, did anybody ever notice that the Shire month begins roughly on the day the horoscope month begins on?
I think that thier should be a Tolkien Day, there’s a Charles Shulz day why not a Tolkien day?