Tom Riddle's birthday

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 185210

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at ...> wrote:
>
> ---  "Carol" <justcarol67@> wrote:
> >
> > Any thoughts as to why JKR chose today(December 31; New Year's
> > Eve)as Voldemort's birthday?
> > 
> > Carol, wishing everyone a healthy, happy, safe, and prosperous
> > New Year
> >
> 
> Harry was born when it was warm and sunny.
> 
> Voldemort/Tom was born when it was dark and cold. 
> 
> Think this reflects the mood at the time. When Harry was born
> it was a bright sunny occasion, only later did it turn dark.
> But even when Harry's life turned dark, he still had a 
> resilience that prevented the Dursley's from getting to him.
> Inside, he remained sunny...sort of.
> 
> Tom was born under dark and depressing conditions, and that
> never left his life ever.

Geoff:
I hate to torpedo your idea, Steve, but you are obviously not familiar 
with a UK July.
:-)

On average, July is the wettest of the summer months and often can 
be anything but warm and sunny. The last two Julys over here have 
been decidedly dull and damp. I've been away in both years in July 
on holiday to the Isles of Scilly 28 miles west of the south-western 
tip of Cornwall and each week was almost perfect, while the mainland 
had rotten weather including gales and floods.

That's not to say that the 31st July 1980 wasn't a good day. It might 
have been...

Again, December can be very mixed. This year, on the approach to 
Christmas, we had vrey mild weather - Christmas Day was 8 C - and 
on some days, warm sunshine. However, I must confess that 31st 
December 2008 was pretty chilly and dull and I am writing these 
notes at close to 21:55 and when I walked the dog round the block 
about half an hour ago,  the outside temperature was -1 C; this 
however is most unusual for our coastal village.

So, as someone remarks in LOTR "Go not to the elves for they will 
say both 'yea' and 'nay'", you could be right and you could be wrong.
:-))

Happy New Year!