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|description=A Feast held at Hallowe'en}}{{quote|By the time Hallowe'en arrived, Harry was regretting his rash promise to go to the [[Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington's five-hundredth Deathday Party|deathday party]]. The rest of the school was happily anticipating their Hallowe'en feast; the [[Great Hall]] had been decorated with the usual live bats, [[Rubeus Hagrid]]'s vast pumpkins had been carved into lanterns large enough for three men to sit in, and there were rumours that [[Albus Dumbledore]] had booked a troupe of dancing skeletons for the entertainment.|Description.|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets}}
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{{Quote|By the time Hallowe'en arrived, Harry was regretting his rash promise to go to the [[Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington's five-hundredth Deathday Party|deathday party]]. The rest of the school was happily anticipating their Hallowe'en feast; the [[Great Hall]] had been decorated with the usual live bats, [[Rubeus Hagrid]]'s vast pumpkins had been carved into lanterns large enough for three men to sit in, and there were rumours that [[Albus Dumbledore]] had booked a [[Troupe of dancing skeletons|troupe of dancing skeletons]] for the entertainment.|Description|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets}}
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The '''Hallowe'en feast''' at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] occurred on [[31 October]] every year.<ref name="PS10"/> It was festooned with [[sweets|confectionery]]-filled [[pumpkin]]s, [[Apple (fruit)|apple]]s, black [[cauldron]]s of big lollipops, [[carrot cake]], [[bat]]s, orange streamers, [[goblet]]s of coloured sweets, possibly [[Pumpkin juice]], and all sorts of Hallowe'en-related decorations.
   
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There was always some entertainment at the end, which might be by the Hogwarts [[ghost]]s who popped out of the walls and did formation gliding. It was a highly anticipated feast which most Hogwarts students looked forward to every year.<ref name="PS10"/>
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The '''Hallowe'en Feast''' at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] occurs on [[31 October]] every year.
 
   
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It is festooned with candy-filled pumpkins, apples, black cauldrons of big lollipops, [[carrot cake]], [[bat]]s, orange streamers, goblets of colored candy and all sorts of Hallowe'en-related decorations. There is always some entertainment at the end, this may be by the Hogwarts [[Ghost]]s who pop out of the walls and do formation gliding. It's a highly anticipated feast which most Hogwarts students look forward to every year.
  
 
==History==
  
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[[File:GreybackAttack.png|250px|thumb|left|[[Fenrir Greyback]] and his army attacked Hogwarts]]
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At some point during the [[1980s]], Fenrir Greyback and his [[Werewolf army|army]] attacked Hogwarts on Hallowe'en, and [[Albus Dumbledore]] was absent from the feast because of it. That year, Dumbledore decided to hold the Hallowe'en Feast for a second time following a full moon at some point in [[November]].<ref name="HM1">{{HM|1|Hallowe'en Feast}}</ref>
   
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In [[1987]], the Hogwarts ghosts put on a show.<ref>{{HM}}, "Help Dumbledore with Hallowe'en!" - based on [[Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington|Nearly Headless Nick]]'s line "This Hallowe'en will be my four hundred ninety-sixth deathday." and Rowan's line "Remember the show the Hogwarts ghosts put up on for us last year?", indicating the event Rowan was referring to took place on (or around) Nearly Headless Nick's 495th deathday, which was in 1987.</ref>
   
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In [[1988]], [[Albus Dumbledore]] asked students, including [[Jacob's sibling]], to help him prepare for the feast. In order to help, students carved pumpkins and created bat decorations. Dumbledore also [[Charmed skeleton|enchanted]] [[Troupe of dancing skeletons|skeletons]] to [[Piertotum Locomotor|dance]], Jacob's sibling and [[Rowan Khanna]] made hats for them.<ref name="HM">{{HM}}, "Help Dumbledore with Hallowe'en!"</ref>
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{{Quote|Troll! — in the dungeons! — Troll in the dungeons! — thought you ought to know|[[Quirinus Quirrell|Professor Quirrell]] warning of a [[troll]] before passing out.|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone}}
  
   
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[[File:Troll.jpg|thumb|left|240px|[[Troll]] in the girls bathroom after leaving the dungeons]]
  
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{{Quote|A thousand live bats fluttered from the walls and ceiling while a thousand more swooped over the tables in low black clouds, making the candles in the pumpkins stutter. The feast appeared suddenly on the golden plates, as it had at the start-of-term banquet.|Description of the feast in 1991|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone}}
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[[File:Troll in the Dungeons!.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Quirrell informing the feast of the released troll]]
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In [[1991]], the feast was interrupted by [[Quirinus Quirrell|Professor Quirrell]], who came in screaming that there was a troll in the dungeons before fainting. In reality, the mountain troll had been secretly let in by Quirrell under [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]]'s orders. The feast was cut short and all the students had to finish it in their [[common room]]s, while the [[Professor|teachers]] went to find the troll. [[Harry Potter]] and [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] went off to find and inform [[Hermione Granger]] about it in the bathroom and ran into the [[troll]].<ref name="PS10">{{PS|B|10}}</ref>
   
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[[File:Deathday Party Pottermore.png|250px|thumb|left|Deathday Party]]
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In [[1991]], the feast was interrupted by [[Quirinus Quirrell|Professor Quirrell]], who came in pretending to be frightened and screaming that there was a [[troll]] in the dungeons before fainting. In reality, the troll had been secretly let in by himself under [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]]'s orders.<ref name="PS10">''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'', Chapter 10</ref> The feast was cut short and all the students had to finish it in their [[common room]]s, while the [[Professor|teachers]] went to find the troll. [[Harry Potter]] and [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] went off to find and inform [[Hermione Granger]] about it in the bathroom and ran into the [[troll]].<ref name="PS">''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]''</ref>
  
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In [[1992]], it was rumoured that Albus Dumbledore had booked a [[Troupe of dancing skeletons|band of skeletons]] to play there. [[Harry Potter]], [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]], and [[Hermione Granger]] did not attend the feast; instead, they were at [[Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington's five-hundredth Deathday Party|Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington's 500th Deathday Party]].<ref name="CS8">{{COS|B|8}}</ref> As such, [[Argus Filch]] believed that they were involved with the [[Petrification]] of his cat, [[Mrs Norris]], which occurred on the same night since they were not at the feast with all the other students.<ref name="COS9">{{COS|B|9}}</ref>
   
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During the Hallowe'en feast in [[Harry Potter]]'s [[third year]], Sirius Black attempted to break into the [[Gryffindor Tower|Gryffindor Common Room]] to murder [[Peter Pettigrew]] (disguised as Scabbers). However, when the [[Fat Lady]] did not let him in he slashed her portrait.<ref name="POA8">{{POA|B|8}}</ref>
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[[File:DeathdayPartyPottermore.png|thumb|240px|Deathday Party]]
  
   
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[[File:B4C16M1 Champions chosen v1.png|250px|thumb|right|The selection of champions through the [[Goblet of Fire]]]]
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In [[1992]], it was rumoured that [[Albus Dumbledore]] had booked a band of skeletons to play there. [[Harry Potter]], [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] and [[Hermione Granger]] did not attend the feast; instead, they were at [[Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington's five-hundredth Deathday Party|Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington's 500th Deathday Party]].<ref name="CS8">''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'', Chapter 8</ref> As such, [[Argus Filch]] believed that they were involved with the [[Petrification]] of his cat, [[Mrs Norris]], which occurred on the same night, since they were not at the feast with all the other students.
  
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In [[Harry Potter]]'s [[fourth year]], the Hallowe'en Feast had an added dimension, as the [[Goblet of Fire]] was present to divulge the names of the champions for the [[Triwizard Tournament]]. The [[Durmstrang Institute]] and the [[Beauxbatons Academy of Magic]], after the three champions were chosen, a fourth name came out of the Goblet: Harry Potter's. This was an unexpected occurance.<ref name="GOF16">{{GOF|B|16}}</ref>
   
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*In the first book, when Professor Quirrell reports that a troll is in the dungeons, Dumbledore tasks all prefects with leading the students back to the Common Rooms. In the GBA version, he tells everyone to stay in the Great Hall and specifically asks Gryffindor Prefect [[Percy Weasley]] to guard the door. Ron and Harry have to get past him when leaving the hall on their way to save Hermione Granger from the troll.
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During the Hallowe'en feast in [[Harry Potter]]'s [[Third year]] Sirius Black attempted to break into the [[Gryffindor Tower|Gryffindor Common Room]] to murder [[Peter Pettigrew]] (disguised as Scabbers). However, when the [[Fat Lady]] did not let him in he slashed her portrait.
  
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[[File:Selection of the Champions.png|240px|left|The selection of champions through the [[Goblet of Fire]]]]
  
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In [[Harry Potter]]'s [[fourth year]], the Hallowe'en Feast had an added dimension, as the [[Goblet of Fire]] was present to divulge the names of the champions for the [[Triwizard Tournament]]. Unexpectedly, after the three champions were chosen, a fourth name came out of the Goblet: Harry Potter's.<ref name="GOF16">''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'', Chapter 6</ref>
  
   
 
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Latest revision as of 09:39, 27 March 2024

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At least some content in this article is derived from information featured in: Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery & Harry Potter: Magic Awakened.
As such, spoilers will be present within the article.

"By the time Hallowe'en arrived, Harry was regretting his rash promise to go to the deathday party. The rest of the school was happily anticipating their Hallowe'en feast; the Great Hall had been decorated with the usual live bats, Rubeus Hagrid's vast pumpkins had been carved into lanterns large enough for three men to sit in, and there were rumours that Albus Dumbledore had booked a troupe of dancing skeletons for the entertainment."
— Description[src]

The Hallowe'en feast at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry occurred on 31 October every year.[1] It was festooned with confectionery-filled pumpkins, apples, black cauldrons of big lollipops, carrot cake, bats, orange streamers, goblets of coloured sweets, possibly Pumpkin juice, and all sorts of Hallowe'en-related decorations.

There was always some entertainment at the end, which might be by the Hogwarts ghosts who popped out of the walls and did formation gliding. It was a highly anticipated feast which most Hogwarts students looked forward to every year.[1]

History

1980s

GreybackAttack

Fenrir Greyback and his army attacked Hogwarts

At some point during the 1980s, Fenrir Greyback and his army attacked Hogwarts on Hallowe'en, and Albus Dumbledore was absent from the feast because of it. That year, Dumbledore decided to hold the Hallowe'en Feast for a second time following a full moon at some point in November.[2]

In 1987, the Hogwarts ghosts put on a show.[3]

In 1988, Albus Dumbledore asked students, including Jacob's sibling, to help him prepare for the feast. In order to help, students carved pumpkins and created bat decorations. Dumbledore also enchanted skeletons to dance, Jacob's sibling and Rowan Khanna made hats for them.[4]

1990s

"A thousand live bats fluttered from the walls and ceiling while a thousand more swooped over the tables in low black clouds, making the candles in the pumpkins stutter. The feast appeared suddenly on the golden plates, as it had at the start-of-term banquet."
— Description of the feast in 1991[src]
Troll in the Dungeons!

Quirrell informing the feast of the released troll

In 1991, the feast was interrupted by Professor Quirrell, who came in screaming that there was a troll in the dungeons before fainting. In reality, the mountain troll had been secretly let in by Quirrell under Lord Voldemort's orders. The feast was cut short and all the students had to finish it in their common rooms, while the teachers went to find the troll. Harry Potter and Ron Weasley went off to find and inform Hermione Granger about it in the bathroom and ran into the troll.[1]

Deathday Party Pottermore

Deathday Party

In 1992, it was rumoured that Albus Dumbledore had booked a band of skeletons to play there. Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger did not attend the feast; instead, they were at Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington's 500th Deathday Party.[5] As such, Argus Filch believed that they were involved with the Petrification of his cat, Mrs Norris, which occurred on the same night since they were not at the feast with all the other students.[6]

During the Hallowe'en feast in Harry Potter's third year, Sirius Black attempted to break into the Gryffindor Common Room to murder Peter Pettigrew (disguised as Scabbers). However, when the Fat Lady did not let him in he slashed her portrait.[7]

B4C16M1 Champions chosen v1

The selection of champions through the Goblet of Fire

In Harry Potter's fourth year, the Hallowe'en Feast had an added dimension, as the Goblet of Fire was present to divulge the names of the champions for the Triwizard Tournament. The Durmstrang Institute and the Beauxbatons Academy of Magic, after the three champions were chosen, a fourth name came out of the Goblet: Harry Potter's. This was an unexpected occurance.[8]

Behind the scenes

  • In the first book, when Professor Quirrell reports that a troll is in the dungeons, Dumbledore tasks all prefects with leading the students back to the Common Rooms. In the GBA version, he tells everyone to stay in the Great Hall and specifically asks Gryffindor Prefect Percy Weasley to guard the door. Ron and Harry have to get past him when leaving the hall on their way to save Hermione Granger from the troll.

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 10 (Hallowe'en)
  2. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 1, Side Quest "Hallowe'en Feast"
  3. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, "Help Dumbledore with Hallowe'en!" - based on Nearly Headless Nick's line "This Hallowe'en will be my four hundred ninety-sixth deathday." and Rowan's line "Remember the show the Hogwarts ghosts put up on for us last year?", indicating the event Rowan was referring to took place on (or around) Nearly Headless Nick's 495th deathday, which was in 1987.
  4. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, "Help Dumbledore with Hallowe'en!"
  5. ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 8 (The Deathday Party)
  6. ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 9 (The Writing on the Wall)
  7. ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 8 (Flight of the Fat Lady)
  8. ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 16 (The Goblet of Fire)

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