Another dumb question--Halloween?

[Phyllis]

No: HPFGUIDX 128019


Amiable Dorsai wrote:
 
> The HP Lexicon has it that James and Lily Potter were killed on
> October 31.  That's barely possible, given that the story in book one
> begins on Tuesday, and we find out that Guy Fawkes Day (November 5) is
> "next week", but I can't find a canon reference to the date of the
> Potters' murders, nor can I find it in the JKR interview mentioned aa
> a source.

It's canon - see Ch. 4 of PS/SS, where Hagrid tells Harry  "All anyone 
knows is, he turned up in the village where you was all living, on 
*Halloween* ten years ago" (my emphasis).

The Lexicon makes it clear that there are many discrepancies with the 
dates in the series - with regard to the reference to Bonfire Night, 
specifically, it says:

"'Perhaps people have been celebrating Bonfire Night early -- it's not 
until next week, folks!...'

Actually, it can't be. If November 1 is on a Tuesday, November 5 will 
be the Saturday of that same week. Jim is a bit addled from all the 
owls and shooting starts, perhaps."

See: http://www.hp-lexicon.org/about/books/ss/rg-ss1.html

~Phyllis