Wizarding Holidays

[Margaret Dean]

No: HPFGUIDX 14697

meboriqua at aol.com wrote:

> Okay, in relation to all the postings about how witches and wizards
> get educated when they are young and if they study Muggle subjects, I
> was wondering why the magical world celebrated holidays like Halloween
> and Christmas.  Does magical history cross with Muggle history, or
> shouldn't they have their own holidays?  Does that mean that all
> witches and wizards are Christian?  Just a thought.

Why should they have to be?  It's not like all the =Muggles= who
celebrate Halloween and Christmas are Christians.  All the
Halloween and Christmas customs we see being followed at Hogwarts
are the secular ones, as far as I recall.

Now that you mention it, though, I think it's rather a pity we
haven't seen any special wizarding holiday celebrations.  That
could be =fun=!


--Margaret Dean
  <margdean at erols.com>