Wizarding Holidays

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No: HPFGUIDX 14705

> "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=!"
> 
> --At least they don't have a "Harry Potter Day" or something like 
> that. Poor Harry would feel so embarassed. But maybe there ARE 
> Wizarding Holidays, and we've not seen them yet. However I think we 
> would have...
> 
> Scott

I think this is because Jo has carefully avoided all mention of 
religion thus far in the books (and I think it will remain that way), 
and major holidays are often religious in origin. It's safer to show 
them celebrating the secular sides of holidays we are already 
familiar with (though I doubt she does anything because it's "safe"). 
With the heat she already takes from right-wing Christian 
fundamentalists, any wizarding holidays that implied a religion other 
than Christianity, and *maybe* Judaism or Islam, would be . . . 
dangerous?

That said, I think it would be great fun as well. Extremists ruin it 
for everyone, don't they?

Stacy