Muggle Practices/Religion/Weasley practices

[Deirdre F Woodward]

No: HPFGUIDX 78878

Golly wrote:

>Molly couldn't care less about Muggles.  Arthur >is looked upon as a
>odd for being so interested.  Yet Molly >celebrates Easter and
>Christmas will all the same traditions.  There are >trees and lights
>and gifts and candy eggs and such.

>It seems to me that Wizards are mostly Christian >at least by heritage
>and tradition even if they secular in their >practice.

me:

Actually, Christains are following Pagan rituals when they celebrate
Christmas and Easter.  Christ's historical birth isn't December 25 --
missionaries hijacked the pagan celebration of winter solstice.  Likewise,
the spring solstice, occuring as it does so close to Passover, was hijacked
for the historically marked crucificition and ascention.  All the attendant
imagery -- rebirth, et al -- Pagan!

Pagan = Wiccan = Witch

Christmas and Easter, then, I would think, are acutally wizard holidays that
Muggles have reinterpreted at Christian rituals.

Deirdre
Eight of Eight