Wizards and Muggle traditions

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No: HPFGUIDX 60647

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Antigone Q <antigone_q at y...> 
wrote:
> Brief Chronicles wrote:
> >Well, I agree that wizards can likely be any religion they fancy 
and it won't matter to anyone. But, in fact, canon seems to suggest 
something different. There's no mention of other religions, and the 
kids all seem to take it for granted that everyone celebrates 
Christmas.>
> 
> 
> This may be because Hogwarts is located in England, a predominantly 
Christian nation.  If there were Wizarding schools in countries where 
the children were mostly Jewish or Muslim or Buddist, the holidays at 
school might reflect those religions.
> 
> 
Rosebeth:

IMHO, it could be that out of all the students at Hogwarts a small 
percentage of them are Jewish or Muslim or Buddist.  Probably in 
similar proportions to the British population as a whole.  There are 
hundreds of students that we don't know anything about. Why couldn't 
some of them be from different religions? Just because the school 
decorates, etc. for Christmas and Easter doesn't mean that 100% of 
the students celebrate those holidays.  Many schools and business 
will decorate for the major religion and leave the individuals who 
don't practice that religion to decorate their spaces themselves.  

Rosebeth