"The Mathom-house it was called; for anything that Hobbits had no immediate use for, but were unwilling to throw away, they called a mathom. . . . It was a tendency of hobbit-holes to get cluttered up - for which the custom of giving so many birthday presents was largely responsible. Not, of course, that the birthday-presents were always new; there were one or two old mathoms of forgotten uses that had circulated all around the district; but Bilbo had usually given new presents and kept those that he received."
-The Hobbit
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"Hobbits gave presents to other people on their own birthdays. . . . They were hospitable and delighted in parties, and in presents, which they gave away freely and eagerly accepted."
-Fellowship of the Ring
