While others may grouse and gripe about “observing the holidays in their proper order,” I refuse to wait until after Thanksgiving to get all excited about December 17th. My favorite holiday. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Premiere Day. Bilbo and Sting are here to back me up on this:

OH. YES.

And see how Thorin reacts when he hears of people who feel the need to wait until celebrating The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Premiere Day season?

So to continue the early, prolonged celebration of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Premiere Day season, here are two more new and gorgeous theatrical posters, along with are some absolutely stunning new character posters, and excellent banners, all of which you can click on to biggify:

And because I want to see it in our new, bigger format, here’s another look at the first “teaser” trailer (two minutes long!):

Trailer: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Official Teaser

I LOVE The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Premiere Day season!

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, starring Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Andy Serkis, Richard Armitage, Cate Blanchett, Elijah Wood, Hugo Weaving, Sylvester McCoy, Aidan Turner, Graham McTavish, John Callen, Ken Stott, Mikael Persbrandt, Ryan Gage, Jed Brophy, William Kircher, Stephen Hunter, Ian Holm, Stephen Fry, Ryan Gage, Conan Stevens, Orlando Bloom, Luke Evans, Evangeline Lilly, Barry Humphries and Benedict Cumberbatch, will hit theaters December 17, 2014.