Why such a point of characters' birthdays?

Tue Aug 24 20:35:02 UTC 2004

No: HPFGUIDX 111129


> HunterGreen:
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 On  this subject, isn't it odd that Harry always happily celebrates 
> Halloween even though its the anniversary of his parents' murder?
> 
Potioncat:
But that happens all the time.  Someone close dies on a holiday.  
The rest of the world goes on celebrating the holiday and 
eventually, so do you. Besides, by the time he started celebrating 
Hallowe'en in Hogwarts style, his parents had been dead 10 (?) years.