Sept 1

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No: HPFGUIDX 127605


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, nicole angeles 
<periwinklebluebear at y...> wrote:
> 
> I have a question... why does September 1 always fall on a 
> Sunday??


It doesn't. It's just that September 2 always falls on a Monday at 
Hogwarts, regardless of what day September 1 falls on. I know that 
sounds like I'm saying the same thing, but I'm not. In the Harry 
Potter universe, classes always start on a Monday. That's in the 
books. However, the books don't say that September 1 is always a 
Sunday. Think of it this way: they leave the Muggle world and enter 
a magical one when they take the train, and when they get there, the 
next day is arbitrarily a Monday. So when they leave, it might be 
Thursday in the Muggle world. They arrive, they have a feast, they 
go to bed...and it's Monday morning, September 2, and classes start. 

By way of example: In Goblet of Fire, they left Kings Cross on a 
Monday. The next day, September 2, was a Monday. 

Hey, it's magic.

Steve
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