Many people from other parts of the Shire were also asked; and there were even a few from outside the borders. Bilbo met the guests (and additions) at the new white gate in person. He gave away presents to all and sundry-the latter were those who went out again by a back way and came in again by the gate. Hobbits give presents to other people on their own birthdays. Not very expensive ones, as a rule, and not so lavishly as on this occasion; but it was not a bad system. Actually in Hobbiton and Bywater every day in the year it was somebody's birthday, so that every hobbit in those parts had a fair chance of at least one present at least once a week. But they got tired of them.

What do readers learn about the setting in this excerpt?

Many people are invited to the party.

Some hobbits came from faraway.

Hobbiton is a community with deep traditions.

Bilbo purchased gifts for everyone in town

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Hobbiton is a community with deep traditions.