Christians in HP - in a purely historical way (was: Christianity in HP)

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 128515

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "festuco" <vuurdame at x> wrote:
> Geoff:
> > I think you misread what I wrote. I didn't say that Sirius' 
> > choice, "God rest ye merry, gentlemen", was a lesser known carol
> > over here in the UK, I said it was lesser /used/. Having been a
> > Christian for over 40 years, I would expect from experience that,
> > if you asked an average person to name - or better sing - a
> > Christmas carol, one of the batch I named would be likely to
> > predominate.

Gerry: 
> Why? It is one of my favourite Christmas carols, because of the
> beautiful melody. No way Jingle Bells or any of the others you name
> comes even close. I think the most likely explanation is that JKR 
> just put a song in she herself likes.

Geoff:
I'm not arguing with the fact that it's one of your and Sirius' 
favourites. I'm merely saying that it is used less frequently than 
some of the others. That in no way detracts from its message and the 
satisfaction it gives to people. I notice that you only quoted Jingle 
Bells which I listed as a "song" rather than a carol. I quoted some 
carols which many folk would know listening perhaps to TV 
transmissions at Christmas time and I (personally) think that "O 
little town of Bethlehem" is one of the best in telling the story.

But, we all have our own choices and they may not win the all-time 
best carol contest.

What colour would you like your Weasley jumper to be knitted in?
:-)