What does Christmas represent to the WW?

[Serena Moonsilver]

No: HPFGUIDX 95210

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Alia" <aliaware at y...> wrote:
> Hi, all!  Wow, this is my very first post.  My name's Alia, and 
I've 
> decided to come out of my shell after a year of 
> lurking. *throws confetti*
> 
  So as far as the WW is 
> concerned, which is it?  Do they know, or believe in God and Jesus 
> in the same way we do, if at all?  What do you think JKR was 
trying 
> to get across, being a Christian herself?
>   
> 
> Alia, who is waiting for the first tomato

I've decided to delurk myself to reply to this.  I don't think her 
inclusion of Easter or Christmas is particularily religous at all.   
Those are the traditional holiday time in England when students get 
time off.   It's simple a way of refrencing them that people can 
easily recognize and relate to.

Halloween is included I think because it is a holiday with very 
magical conotations so it seems appropriate that it should be a big 
deal in her magical world.   Likewise Christmas generally has 
magical feel to it so that is why it gets a fair amount of time 
devoted to it too.  Easter, perhaps being the more spiritual of the 
three, doesn't get as much time, though I'm pretty sure Ron's mom 
sends the candy eggs.

Anyway, there's my 2 cents....

Serena