What does Christmas represent to the WW?

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 95290

(another) Susan wrote: 
> I, too, shall delurk for a small comment. I noticed that in OOTP? 
> (sorry, at work so no page number) that Sirius sings a parody version 
> of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" to "God Rest Ye Merry Hippogriff", 
> which means he is familiar with this song. I thought this was 
> interesting as this is most definately a song from the Christian 
> background ("For Jesus Christ our saviour was born on Christmas day, 
> etc"). I wondered how he, a pureblood wizard, would be familiar with 
> that song if there was indeed an absence of organized religion in the 
> WW.

Carol:
He didn't know where to place the comma, though--or JKR and her editor
didn't. It's "God rest ye merry, gentlemen (or hippogriffs)," not "God
rest ye, merry gentlemen (or hippogriffs)."

Carol, betting that Sirius didn't know what "God rest ye merry" means