Religion in HP

[jenny_ravenclaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 40518

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "c_voth312" <divaclv at a...> wrote:
 
> Actually, since Christmas and Easter are, in addition to their 
> religious connotations, rather major secular celebrations as well, 
> there's no reason to believe that enjoying those celebrations makes 
> the wizards Christian.>

*Sigh*  Jews don't traditionally celebrate either of these holidays.  
Even though many Jews now celebrate Christmas (which bothers me), most 
do not, and I have yet to meet one who ever celebrated Easter at all.  
I am a Reformed Jew and while I was not raised in a kosher household 
and I was Bat Mitzvahed, we never had a Christmas tree in our home and 
Passover is still the holiday we acknowledge.

I don't think JKR sat down and thought "Okay, my Wizarding World is 
all Christian", but I'm willing to bet that she is, and most of the 
people she knows are, too.  If JKR was Jewish, she would have most 
likely changed the wording of these holidays to something more 
generic, like Winter Holidays or Spring Break.  I just don't think she 
thought about it one way or the other.

--jenny from ravenclaw **********************************