[HPforGrownups] Christmas

[MadameSSnape at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 167201

 
In a message dated 4/8/2007 6:30:55 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
whealthinc at ozemail.com.au writes:

1.  Would witches and wizards celebrate Christmas? Wouldn't they have 
their  own (more ancient?) holidays?


 
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Sherrie here:
 
In the real world, yes, Witches DO have our own holidays (we call them  
sabbats).  They often coincide fairly closely in time with the Christian  ones, 
thanks to Pope Gregory the Great.  However, in the Potterverse,  witchcraft has 
nothing to do with religion - it's a genetic thing, just as  Deryni-ness is in 
Katherine Kurtz' Gwynnedd.
 
Some may be Witches in the real world sense - Pagans; others are  Christians, 
Jews, Hindus...  There may be a slightly greater percentage of  Pagans, if 
many of the old pureblood families stuck with the Old Ways.  But  surely the 
centuries-long influx of Muggleborns into the Wizarding World has  brought a 
conglomeration of religions, in similar proportions to that in Britain  as a whole?
 
BTW, many Witches celebrate both sorts of holidays - since we're embedded  in 
families which often don't share our beliefs, and since they are in many ways 
 similar.  
 
Blessed Be,
Sherrie



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