God in HP World/Folktales and Religion

[christi0469]

No: HPFGUIDX 34128

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "blpurdom" <blpurdom at y...> wrote:
>  Hogwarts celebrates 
> Christmas and Easter because it is in Britain, and at those times 
of 
> year that's simply what you DO.
> --Barb

 But we see no mention of Guy Fawkes Day/Bonfire Night at Hogwarts.  
Certainly all the Muggle-born wizards and witches would miss such a 
festive celebration, with the fireworks and all. Hogwarts celebrates 
the more magical Halloween (I may certainly be mistaken, but I 
thought that Halloween was rarely celebrated in the UK). Perhaps 
they celebrate Christmas because it's fun. Is there a secular 
celebration of Easter in England? American schools just have Spring 
Break, which does not always coincide with the christian celebration 
of Easter. Perhaps it due to the seperation of church and state 
concept; however the Catholic schools in our area have the same 
spring break schedule as the public schools, and have a seperate 
break for the Easter Tridium. Wouldn't it be easier for Hogwarts to 
have a regularly scheduled break between terms rather than 
celebrating a holiday which moves around the calender? 


 What do you make of the Fat Friar? I don't know where exactly, but 
IIRC he talks about his own days at Hogwarts. Apparently he 
graduated as a full wizard and went on to pursue a religious life, 
then came back to haunt Hogwarts.

Christi