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'''Easter''', sometimes known as '''Easter Day''' or '''Easter Sunday''', is an important annual religious feast celebrated in both the [[Muggle]] world and the [[wizarding world]]. Easter is the last day of [[Wikipedia:Holy Week|Holy Week]]. Easter falls between late [[March]] and late [[April]] each year, as its date is not fixed. |
'''Easter''', sometimes known as '''Easter Day''' or '''Easter Sunday''', is an important annual religious feast celebrated in both the [[Muggle]] world and the [[wizarding world]]. Easter is the last day of [[Wikipedia:Holy Week|Holy Week]]. Easter falls between late [[March]] and late [[April]] each year, as its date is not fixed. |
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Revision as of 23:00, 11 April 2009
- "Call this a holiday!? The exams are ages away, what're they playing at?"
- — Seamus Finnigan roared at the Gryffindor's common room during Easter holidays in 1994.[src]
Easter, sometimes known as Easter Day or Easter Sunday, is an important annual religious feast celebrated in both the Muggle world and the wizarding world. Easter is the last day of Holy Week. Easter falls between late March and late April each year, as its date is not fixed.
In the wizarding world, Easter is celebrated for a week-long holiday. During this week, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry has holidays, during which students may return home or stay in the castle without classes.
Historical Events
1992
Hogwarts teachers piled so much homework to Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger so they weren't nearly feel as much fun as the Christmas holidays. The trio spent most of their free time in the library trying to get through all their extra work.[1]
1994
In the beginning days of the third years taking up the subject Divination, During a class, Professor Trelawney did a prophecy that according to her, "Around Easter, one of their number will leave them forever".[2] Months have passed then few days before Easter holidays arrive, during Divination class, Professor Trelawney confronted Hermione after she react about the Grim, Trelawney said to Hermione that from the moment she have arrived in the class, it has been apparent that she did not have what the noble art of Divination requires. She also called Hermione's mind was so hopelessly mundane. Then Hermione suddenly, getting up, swinging the bag over her shoulder and almost knocking Ron off his chair, and said she give up and leave. She truthfully did what she said and strode over to the trapdoor, kicked it open, and climbed down the ladder out of sight. At this moment, Lavender Brown remembered what Prof. Trelawney prophecied before.[3]
1995
Molly Weasley sent a package of Easter eggs with her son Percy's letter enclosed to it to Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger. Both Harry and Ron received eggs the size of dragon eggs, full of homemade toffee, while Hermione's were smaller than chicken eggs. Her face fell when she saw this. Mrs. Weasley's cold treatment of Hermione was due to a story Rita Skeeter had printed in Witch Weekly which falsely claimed that Hermione was toying with the affections of both Harry and Viktor Krum.[4]
1996
Hermione spent her time in Gryffindor Tower to revise Ancient Runes, and Ron had Quidditch practice. Ginny and Ron Weasley received a box of Easter eggs wrapped in brown paper, but it had already been unwrapped and carelessly re-wrapped. There was a scribbled note across it in red ink, reading: Inspected and Passed by the Hogwarts High Inquisitor.[5]
1998
Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger were captured by a gang of Snatchers led by Fenrir Greyback after Harry broke the Taboo curse on Lord Voldemort's name. The Snatchers brought the trio to Malfoy Manor, Death Eater headquarters. A skirmish ensued after Dobby arrived to rescue the trio and the other prisoners, and was killed by Bellatrix Lestrange in the process.
By this time, many students were not returning to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry due to the events of the Second Wizarding War. These students included Ginny Weasley, as her entire family was forced to abandon their home and go into hiding after Ron's assistance of Harry and Hermione was discovered at Malfoy Manor.[6]