OotP - feeling just a bit resentful...

[ewdotson]

No: HPFGUIDX 62051

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Christi" <christi0469 at h...> 
wrote:
> > 
> > Thinking about it, even in the Christian mythos, Halloween is All 
> > Soul's Day.  Until I'd read this, I'd assumed the only way that 
> we'd 
> > ever see Sirius again would be if Harry bought it at the end of 
> book 
> > 7.  Now I'm not so certain.
> > 
> > ewdotson
> 
> 
> Actually, Halloween is All Hallow's Eve, the day before the Feast 
of 
> All Saints. The Feast of All Souls  is Nov. 2. Dia de los Muertos 
> (Day of the Dead) is Nov. 1. Halloween is the day of preparation. I 
> am not an expert on Samhain (sp?), but I believe that it is 
actually 
> Oct. 31. 
> 

You are of course correct.  I realized my mistake after I'd already 
hit post.  Sorry about that.  I'd have torn my original message back 
through the ether if I could have.  :)

ewdotson