SV: [HPforGrownups] More from the Christmas crackpot...

[Sara Ludwig]

No: HPFGUIDX 7060

Father Christmas is believed to live in Rovaniemi, Finland!
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  Från: Neil Ward 
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  Skickat: den 16 december 2000 17:06
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  Christian said:

  <<<At 8pm there is the King's speech.>>>

  Similarly, British people have to listen to the noble and glorious Queen
  blathering on at 3pm on Christmas Day.  One year, when the Royal Family had
  had a particularly crap year - with divorce, death and smouldering buildings
  on the calendar - Elizabeth called it their "annus horribilis" (Queentalk
  for "f***ing nightmare!!!!").  Incidentally, the British Royal Family, being
  of German extraction (apart from Prince Philip, who is "of Greece"), open
  their presents in the European tradition, on Christmas Eve.  The loyal
  subjects have the patience to wait until the next morning.

  I loved hearing about Christmas in other countries, especially the
  Scandinavian countries.  Christian makes it sound like the Norwegians eat
  entrails as a treat, but I'm sure it's more magical than that!  The rice
  porridge sounds nice (is that like rice pudding - creamed milk and pudding
  rice, often served with nutmeg?) .

  Factual aside: the massive Christmas tree in London's Trafalgar Square is an
  annual gift from Norway.  This warms the cockles of my heart.

  Fictional aside: I've heard that Father Christmas lives in Norway: he
  doubles up as Durmstrang's gamekeeper and lives in a wooden hut in the
  grounds.  Every year the Hauselven assist him in wrapping Pokémon and socks
  for the entire planet.  The rest we know...

  Meanwhile ....back inside JK Rowling's head:

  The HP books don't seem to make so much of the New Year, which seems strange
  given Hogwarts location in Scotland, the home of Hogmany.  I guess the New
  Year is more a time for adult celebration, whereas Christmas holds the magic
  for children.

  Neil

  _____________________________________

  Flying-Ford-Anglia

  "Ron, full of turkey and cake and with nothing
  mysterious to bother him, fell asleep almost
  as soon as he'd drawn the curtains of his
  four-poster."

  [Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]



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