why did Voldie attack the Potter on Halloween?

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 116629


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Vinnia 
<vinnia_chrysshallie at y...> wrote:

Vinnia:
> That's a very interesting question. If it happened on
> Halloween morning, I do wonder why Vernon found it
> strange to see people dressed in robes. Or maybe
> celebrating Halloween is not normal in his PoV?
> 

Geoff:
I would find it strange to see people in robes on Hallowe'en morning. 
The acknowledgement of Hallowe'en is something that has grown in 
recent years in the UK. Parties and other events tend to be aimed at 
children and take place in the evening.

Vernon first noticed them when he was driving to work.

'As he sat in the usual morning traffic jam, he couldn't help 
noticing that there seemed top be a lot of strangely dressed people 
about. People in cloaks, Mr.Dursley couldn't bear people who dressed 
in funny clothes - the get-ups you saw on young people!...

..Mr.Dursley was enraged to see that a couple of them weren't young 
at all; why, that man had to be older than he was and wearing an 
emerald-green cloak!'

(PS "The Boy Who Lived" p.8 UK edition)

But, this aside, it needs to be remembered that this was on the 
morning of 1st November. It is now All Saints Day or All Hallows Day. 
All Hallows Even (Hallowe'en) was over. Those (Muggle) folk who had 
been at parties would have gone home by now and changed. Voldemort 
had attacked Godric's Hollow the previous evening and the news had 
obviously spread quickly.

Geoff
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