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Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Have yourself a very Harry Christmas

Merry Christmas, Gryffindorks!


I'm happy to see that wizards spend Christmas the same way muggles do. I'm especially happy that Harry finally gets Christmases that every kid deserves. It says a lot about the Dursleys that Harry considers the empty walls of Hogwarts at Christmas more of a home than the one he grew up in. It also says a lot about the level of loyalty of Harry's friends that they're willing to stay behind to be with Harry for Christmas.

Props to J.K. Rowling to not make religion an issue with Christmas. After reading the books, we assume everyone in the wizarding world celebrates Christmas. Rowling simply tells her story without having any kind of social or political agenda, although many social issues of the times are reflected in the story, Rowling doesn't use Harry to push her views on her readers.

Where do the teachers go during the holidays? Don't they have families to go home to? I guess for Dumbledore, Hogwarts is home. For most of the teachers, it seems they have no lives outside the one they know at Hogwarts.


Lastly, this Christmas, let's take a leaf out of Rowling's books and show a little more love this season. Happy Christmas!

1 comments:

Tianna said...

Yeah, his friends and great and loyal and all that, but I've always felt bad for Hermione's parents. I mean, when does she ever get to see them? As the books progress, she spends fewer and fewer Christmases and summers home. And I don't think any of them ever go home for Easter, do they? Poor dental parents.