Happy Gondorian New Year!

On March 25, Third Age 3019, the Ring-bearer completed his Quest and destroyed the One Ring, thereby ending the realm of Sauron and reducing him to a powerless spirit. Ever since, the Kingdom of Gondor has celebrated March 25 as its New Year. Out of universe, March 25 was the start of the new year in England until the adoption of the Gregorian calendar in the mid-18th century, and was traditionally associated with Easter. On that point, it's worth noting that the Company departed Rivendell on December 25.

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It's also Tolkien Reading Day.   

And it is Waffle Day too apparently.

bungobaggins wrote:It's also Tolkien Reading Day.   

I always mean to participate in this, but I never get around to it. I would, but I have a bunch of anime I wanna catch up on.  

Isn't every day Tolkien reading day?  

Tolkien and waffles though. Sounds quite appealing. Hm..

Right, just let me get this right so I know how much buckie I need to drink- Im celebrating 4 different anniversaries. Right?
Well, best get going then!                                                

Amarië wrote:And it is Waffle Day too apparently.

I can attest to that - my stomach is aking right now Somebody brough tons of waffles to work, and nobody was eating, so I ate everything

Maybe I'll actually read some Tolkien on Tolkien Reading Day for once.

Anyway, happy (not actually) Gondorian New Year, everyone!

huzzah!

Happy Gondorian New Year to you !

It's also the Feast of the Annunciation and Maryland Day, so clearly the 25th of March is special.

And its my grand daughters 2nd Biffday ! Happy Birthday Door fluff ! ( its her nickname )

Happy birthday Door Fluff!

God I love cats ! hes so cute !! Thankyou Figgy

Damn, I missed out for the second year runnig on reading Tolkien while eating waffles.

I will though. #lifeambition

I just had a terrible realization. Didn't the Hobbit come out on DVD on Tuesday? Or was that Monday? Lovely coincidence

Bluebottle wrote:Damn, I missed out for the second year runnig on reading Tolkien while eating waffles.  

To be fair, waffles are awesome.

I ended up reading a bunch of early FOTR Book 1 stuff last night on a whim, and it was as great as ever.  That's the portion of LOTR that I've read the most, largely because of various abortive attempts at re-reading the entire book, but it does also have some of my favorite moments.  Frodo's last view of Crickhollow, for instance.  And I forgot just how funny Pippin's wisecracks are.  I don't wanna just go on and on listing stuff I liked, but it really is a phenomenal book and it's always nice to be reminded of that.

The early FotR chapters are my favourite parts too I can't just pick up the book and read a chapter here, or a few pages there, though, that only ends up with me rereading the entire thing

yeah mine too

I always fall in love with the story again when reading those early parts.

(Though I've had some abortive attempts at re-reading the entire book too. )

Eldorion wrote:

Bluebottle wrote:Damn, I missed out for the second year runnig on reading Tolkien while eating waffles.  

To be fair, waffles are awesome.

Ah, well. Let's make a deal to tackle this reading Tolkien while eating waffles thing next Gondorian New Year then. Who knows, perhaps we could even make it into a forum event.

I think Book 3 is my favorite on the whole, but I also really like Book 5. I've read Books 2 and 4 comparatively the fewest, and always felt like I was under-appreciating 4 in particular, so I might try re-reading just those some time, since that's easier to fit into my schedule.

And I'd certainly be down for a waffles and Tolkien day.

Mmmm, with lashings of Ice cream & maple syrup !

Yep, Book 3 (Rohan stuff) and Book 5 (Minas Tirith stuff) are my favorites as well. I used to prefer 3 but have grown into preferring 5. Frodo and Sam stuff is harder to get into: Frodo's a bore, even Tolkien admitted it.

It's kinda weird since Faramir is my favorite character, but yeah, I've always struggled with Book 4. I think Frodo may have grown on me as I've grown up though so I should give it another try sometime in the not too distant future.