why did Voldie attack the Potter on Halloween?

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 117183


Hester wrote:
> 
> Maybe Nick was beheaded on Halloween for the same reason it is an
> important holiday in the WW, or maybe he was beheaded by dark
wizards  and they like to perform execution on Halloween.  Maybe there
is some   kind of benefit magically for performing an execution on
Halloween.
> 
>
Carol responds:
If we trust JKR's site and consider deleted scenes as semicanonical,
Sir Nick was beheaded by Muggles (he was asked by a woman who knew he
was a wizard to straighten her teeth but when he gave her a tusk
instead and couldn't undo his mistake, he was executed). The "ballad"
on this topic (wisely deleted by the editor) is in the Extra Stuff
section under Characters. At any rate, the timing of the execution at
Halloween seems to be mere coincidence. There's no connection with WW
celebrations, and Sir Nick seems to be living among Muggles.

Carol