[HPforGrownups] Re:Importance of Halloween

[Jenny]

No: HPFGUIDX 41767

> we may have to settle with the fact that
> maybe JKR was
>  just experiencing some hokey-ness.  Halloween is
> supposed to be a spooky holiday afterall..maybe she
> just decided "hey, i'm writing a books about witches
> and wizards...and by god, halloween is going to be
> mentioned in every book because i like it and you're
> supposed to associate halloween with witches, and
> evil, etc. so there!"
> ~Kristin

I think JKR might have many really important things happen on Halloween simply
because it's her favorite holiday, though the day does lend itself well to a
story about witches and wizards :)  So far as I remember there's been nothing to
indicate that it's different magically than any other day.

Jenny