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[[File:Christmas_at_the_Wizarding_World.gif|thumb|220px|Christmas season at the [[Wizarding world]], [[1991]] - [[1996]].]]
 
[[File:Christmas_at_the_Wizarding_World.gif|thumb|220px|Christmas season at the [[Wizarding world]], [[1991]] - [[1996]].]]
'''Christmas''' is a primarily Christian holiday celebrated on the [[25 December]] in most countries (including the United Kingdom). The holiday ostensibly celebrates the birth of the Christian saviour, [[Jesus of Nazareth]], though many in other religions or who possess a secular disposition nevertheless celebrate the holiday. The most famous tradition of Christmas is that [[Father Christmas]] flies around the world to deliver presents to all the good children of the world.
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'''Christmas''' is a primarily Christian holiday celebrated on [[25 December]] in most countries (including the United Kingdom). The holiday ostensibly celebrates the birth of the Christian saviour, [[Jesus of Nazareth]], though many in other religions or who possess a secular disposition nevertheless celebrate the holiday. The most famous tradition of Christmas is that [[Father Christmas]] flies around the world on a reindeer-pulled sleigh to deliver presents to all the good children of the world.
   
Students at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] go on a few weeks' [[Christmas holidays|holidays]] for the Christmas season -- though some students (such as [[Harry Potter]],) choose to stay at Hogwarts. It is not known what religious connotations the holiday has to the [[Wizarding world]]. Christmas is often marked by a feast of some type. [[Eggnog]] is often served on or around Christmas-time.
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Students at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] go on a few weeks' [[Christmas holidays|holidays]] for the Christmas season -- though some students (such as [[Harry Potter]]), choose to stay at Hogwarts. It is not known what religious connotations the holiday has to the [[wizarding world]]. Christmas is often marked by a feast of some type. [[Eggnog]] is often served on or around Christmas-time.
   
 
==Hogwarts celebrations==
 
==Hogwarts celebrations==
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{{main|Christmas holidays}}
 
{{main|Christmas holidays}}
   
The students can choose to stay at [[Hogwarts Castle]] or return home for the holidays, which begin shortly before [[25 December|Christmas Day]] and end sometime after [[1 January|New Year's Day]]. A [[Professor]] generally goes among the students making a list of those who want to stay for the winter holidays. A notable occasion upon which a majority of students stayed at Hogwarts for Christmas was in [[1994]], when Hogwarts hosted the [[Triwizard Tournament]] and the [[Yule Ball]] held on Christmas Day. On Harry Potter's first Christmas at Hogwarts, it had been by far the best Christmas he had ever had.
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The students can choose to stay at [[Hogwarts Castle]] or return home for the holidays, which begin shortly before [[25 December|Christmas Day]] and end sometime after [[1 January|New Year's Day]]. A [[professor]] generally goes among the students making a list of those who want to stay for the winter holidays. A notable occasion upon which a majority of students stayed at Hogwarts for Christmas was in [[1994]], when Hogwarts hosted the [[Triwizard Tournament]] and the [[Yule Ball]] held on Christmas Day. On Harry Potter's first Christmas at Hogwarts, it had been by far the best Christmas he had ever had.
   
 
==Christmas presents==
 
==Christmas presents==
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===1991===
 
===1991===
[[File:Treeflitwick.JPG|thumb|right|250px|[[Filius Flitwick]] decorating one Christmas tree.]]
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[[File:Treeflitwick.JPG|thumb|left|230px|[[Filius Flitwick]] decorating one Christmas tree.]]
 
*[[Harry Potter]] - a roughly cut wooden flute from [[Rubeus Hagrid|Hagrid]], a fifty-pence piece from the [[Dursley family|Dursleys]], an [[Weasley jumper|emerald green jumper]] and a box of homemade fudge from [[Molly Weasley|Mrs. Weasley]], a box of [[Chocolate Frog]]s from Hermione, and [[James Potter I|his father]]'s [[Cloak of Invisibility|Invisibility cloak]] from [[Albus Dumbledore]] (anonymously)
 
*[[Harry Potter]] - a roughly cut wooden flute from [[Rubeus Hagrid|Hagrid]], a fifty-pence piece from the [[Dursley family|Dursleys]], an [[Weasley jumper|emerald green jumper]] and a box of homemade fudge from [[Molly Weasley|Mrs. Weasley]], a box of [[Chocolate Frog]]s from Hermione, and [[James Potter I|his father]]'s [[Cloak of Invisibility|Invisibility cloak]] from [[Albus Dumbledore]] (anonymously)
 
*[[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] - a maroon jumper from his mother, a box of [[Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans]] from Hermione
 
*[[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] - a maroon jumper from his mother, a box of [[Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans]] from Hermione
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===1992===
 
===1992===
*[[Harry Potter]] - a toothpick from the [[Dursley family|Dursleys]], a tin of treacle fudge from [[Rubeus Hagrid|Hagrid]], ''[[Flying with the Cannons]]'' from Ron, a luxury eagle-feather [[quill]] from Hermione, and a jumper and a [[plum cake]] from [[Molly Weasley|Mrs. Weasley]]
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*[[Harry Potter]] - a toothpick from the [[Dursley family|Dursleys]], a tin of treacle fudge from [[Rubeus Hagrid|Hagrid]], ''[[Flying with the Cannons]]'' from Ron, a luxury [[eagle]]-feather [[quill]] from Hermione, and a jumper and a [[plum cake]] from [[Molly Weasley|Mrs. Weasley]]
   
 
===1993===
 
===1993===
[[File:The_Trio_celebrating_Christmas_at_the_Three_Broomsticks_Inn.jpg|thumb|[[Harry Potter]], [[Hermione Granger]] and [[Ronald Weasley]] drinking [[Butterbeer]] at the [[Three Broomsticks Inn]] during [[Christmas holidays]].]]
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[[File:The_Trio_celebrating_Christmas_at_the_Three_Broomsticks_Inn.jpg|thumb|215px|[[Harry Potter]], [[Hermione Granger]] and [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] drinking [[Butterbeer]] at the [[Three Broomsticks Inn]] during [[Christmas holidays]].]]
 
*[[Harry Potter]] - a scarlet jumper with the [[Gryffindor]] [[lion]] on the front, some Christmas cake, a dozen mince pies and a box of [[nut brittle]] from [[Molly Weasley|Mrs. Weasley]], and a [[Firebolt]] from [[Sirius Black]] (anonymously)
 
*[[Harry Potter]] - a scarlet jumper with the [[Gryffindor]] [[lion]] on the front, some Christmas cake, a dozen mince pies and a box of [[nut brittle]] from [[Molly Weasley|Mrs. Weasley]], and a [[Firebolt]] from [[Sirius Black]] (anonymously)
 
*[[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] - another maroon jumper and a pair of maroon socks from his mother,
 
*[[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] - another maroon jumper and a pair of maroon socks from his mother,
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===1995===
 
===1995===
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[[File:Tumblr_lromtni6TR1qcigsdo1_250.gif|frame|left|Christmas at [[Grimmauld Place]] in [[1995]]]]
*[[File:Christmas_1992.jpg|thumb|right|Christmas in the Great Hall.]][[Harry Potter]] - a [[homework planner]] from Hermione, ''[[Practical Defensive Magic and Its Use Against the Dark Arts]]'' from [[Sirius Black]] and [[Remus Lupin]], a [[furry brown wallet]] with fangs from [[Rubeus Hagrid|Hagrid]], a small working [[model of a Firebolt]] from [[Nymphadora Tonks]], a large box of [[Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans]] from Ron, a jumper and some mince pies from [[Molly Weasley|Mrs. Weasley]], and a [[Dobby's painting of Harry Potter|painting of himself]] from [[Dobby]]
 
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*[[Harry Potter]] - a [[homework planner]] from Hermione, ''[[Practical Defensive Magic and Its Use Against the Dark Arts]]'' from [[Sirius Black]] and [[Remus Lupin]], a [[furry brown wallet]] with fangs from [[Rubeus Hagrid|Hagrid]], a small working [[model of a Firebolt]] from [[Nymphadora Tonks]], a large box of [[Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans]] from Ron, a jumper and some mince pies from [[Molly Weasley|Mrs. Weasley]], and a [[Dobby's painting of Harry Potter|painting of himself]] from [[Dobby]]
 
*[[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] - a [[Broom Compass]] from Harry, and a [[homework planner]] from Hermione
 
*[[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] - a [[Broom Compass]] from Harry, and a [[homework planner]] from Hermione
 
*[[Hermione Granger]] - ''[[New Theory of Numerology]]'' from Harry, and an "unusual" perfume from Ron
 
*[[Hermione Granger]] - ''[[New Theory of Numerology]]'' from Harry, and an "unusual" perfume from Ron
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*[[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] - a [[Ron Weasley's sweetheart necklace|Sweetheart necklace]] from [[Lavender Brown]]
 
*[[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] - a [[Ron Weasley's sweetheart necklace|Sweetheart necklace]] from [[Lavender Brown]]
 
*[[Molly Weasley]] - a midnight blue witch's hat and a golden necklace from [[Fred and George Weasley|Fred and George]]
 
*[[Molly Weasley]] - a midnight blue witch's hat and a golden necklace from [[Fred and George Weasley|Fred and George]]
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==Behind the scenes==
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*In the [[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)|PS1 video game adaption]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' the parcel containing the [[Cloak of Invisibility]] sent by Dumbledore is delivered by [[Hedwig]] to Harry on the [[Hogwarts attic]]. [[Peeves]] steals the parcel and forces Harry to a race across the various roof beams to see who is fastest. If Harry wins, Peeves will throw Harry's parcel back to him.
   
 
== Appearances==
 
== Appearances==
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[[Category:Holidays]]
 
[[Category:Days in December]]
 
[[Category:Days in December]]
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[[Category:Christmas]]

Revision as of 05:06, 7 October 2014

Christmas at the Wizarding World

Christmas season at the Wizarding world, 1991 - 1996.

Christmas is a primarily Christian holiday celebrated on 25 December in most countries (including the United Kingdom). The holiday ostensibly celebrates the birth of the Christian saviour, Jesus of Nazareth, though many in other religions or who possess a secular disposition nevertheless celebrate the holiday. The most famous tradition of Christmas is that Father Christmas flies around the world on a reindeer-pulled sleigh to deliver presents to all the good children of the world.

Students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry go on a few weeks' holidays for the Christmas season -- though some students (such as Harry Potter), choose to stay at Hogwarts. It is not known what religious connotations the holiday has to the wizarding world. Christmas is often marked by a feast of some type. Eggnog is often served on or around Christmas-time.

Hogwarts celebrations

For Christmas at Hogwarts, the Great Hall is decorated with twelve towering Christmas trees, festoons of holly, mistletoe, and other Christmas-oriented accents. In addition to this, the school has been known to be decorated with real live fairies, which fly around the trees; everlasting icicles which are applied to the banisters of the Grand Staircase; and warm, dry snow which falls from the Enchanted Ceiling of the Great Hall. Also, the suits of armour around Hogwarts are known to have been charmed to sing carols.

Christmas holidays

Main article: Christmas holidays

The students can choose to stay at Hogwarts Castle or return home for the holidays, which begin shortly before Christmas Day and end sometime after New Year's Day. A professor generally goes among the students making a list of those who want to stay for the winter holidays. A notable occasion upon which a majority of students stayed at Hogwarts for Christmas was in 1994, when Hogwarts hosted the Triwizard Tournament and the Yule Ball held on Christmas Day. On Harry Potter's first Christmas at Hogwarts, it had been by far the best Christmas he had ever had.

Christmas presents

These are the presents that some people were known to have received:

Between 1985 and 1990

1991

Treeflitwick

Filius Flitwick decorating one Christmas tree.

1992

1993

The Trio celebrating Christmas at the Three Broomsticks Inn

Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley drinking Butterbeer at the Three Broomsticks Inn during Christmas holidays.

1994

1995

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Christmas at Grimmauld Place in 1995

1996

Behind the scenes

Appearances

See also

External links