I’ve seen it around a few times but I love the idea that hobbits grow winter coats of lighter colors during the winter.
Like I can imagine as bilbos winter coat starts to grow in all the drawfs, who know hobbits have shorter lifespans, start freaking out cause they assume he’s growing white hair from age.
Thorin: “master hobbit, your hair”
Bilbo: confused “what about it?”
Thorin: “I knew you said you were grown, but i didn’t assume you were that far along…”
Bilbo: even more throughly confused “I’m not that old you oaf, this is just my annual coat growing in”
Thorin: