Holidays at Hogwarts
"I think all this merits a good feast. Might I ask you to go and
alert the kitchens?"
-- Albus Dumbledore
Hallowe'en
Christmas
St. Valentine's Day
Easter
the Deathday Party
Holidays and celebrations in detail: 1991-1992
Hallowe'en
(PS10, CS8, PA8, GF16)
decorations:
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a thousand live bats
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candles in pumpkins
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many flaming orange streamers swimming across the ceiling
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pumpkins large as garden sheds (PA)
festivities:
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the Hallowe'en Feast - evening meal
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entertainment
Christmas
(PS12, CS, PA, GF23)
decorations:
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twelve Christmas trees
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armor enchanted to sing carols
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snow, dry and warm, falling from the enchanted ceiling
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for the Yule Ball: walls covered in silver frost, garlands of mistletoe and ivy
festivities:
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the Christmas Feast - midday meal
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the Yule Ball - from 8 pm until midnight (1994 only)
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presents - piled on the foot of their beds when they wake up
other
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McGonagall goes around at the beginning of December having kids sign up who are planning to stay at Hogwarts over the holidays
St. Valentines Day
(CS13)
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A special "treat" arranged by Lockhart
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Walls covered in lurid pink hearts
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surly dwarves in cupid costumes delivering cards and singing valentines
Easter
(PS, GF, OP)
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Nothing particularly seems to happen for Easter, but Mrs. Weasley does send the kids Easter eggs filled with sweets.
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There is a week off at Easter, so presumably some of the students go home. Students studying for O.W.L.s or N.E.W.T.s generally stay over the holiday for uninterrupted studying, however.
