General

Chat

Why do Harry Potter wizards and witches

... celebrate Christmas? Are some of them Christian or is it just like normal people celebrating Christmas without looking at the religious aspect.

Also they keep mentioning saints and God. Whats up with that?

December 5, 2010

13 Comments • Newest first

Icephoenix21

Christmas started out as a pagan holiday anyways..it was known as Saturnalia..Constantine decided to tie in a Christian event with it for political reasons.

Reply December 8, 2010
javacola

They don't even mention the word "God" in HP. And they celebrate Yule tide which is a traditional, pagan festival. Jesus was born in July, people.

Reply December 8, 2010
fun2killu

Christmas has gone far beyond a "christian holiday". It's not a christian holiday anymore, but rather a world holiday.

Reply December 8, 2010
Hathelian

Hey, baby.
I'm gonna post now.

They're all actually ELVES

Reply December 6, 2010
Classicvibe

Harry Potter was a children's book >_>

Rowling probably understood that she would have to insert Christmas in the story to make it more kid friendly

Reply December 5, 2010
Bello

[quote=sonikuboy]From my view, Christmas stopped being a religious affair years ago.

Now its just a day where you get presents and eat turkey.[/quote]

Wrong holiday XD

Reply December 5, 2010
Horizon

[quote=swapper]After the Yule Ball, I thought their idea of Christmas was more of a [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule]Yule? Celebration[/url].[/quote]

I dont think so, there was a Santa Clause in the fifth movie flying the in the Weasley house.

Reply December 5, 2010
xFaceIess

there really isn't anything that says that they aren't christians.
so why [i]wouldn't[/i] they celebrate christmas?

Reply December 5, 2010
Horizon

[quote=Moobx]Yeah I don't think it has any religious value, especially with souls and ghosts all running around.[/quote]

The thing that gets me though is that they keep using Christian symbols. Im currently reading the seventh book and theres so much Christian symbols in there. The quotes from Harry's parents tombstone comes from the bible and also Dumbledore's family's quote.
And when Harry buried Mad Eye Moody's eye, he put a cross on the tree he put it in.

Sorry to get all fanatic.

Reply December 5, 2010
Archetype

Hogwarts is a multi-faith school. Witchcraft and wizardry is simply the fantasy element retained in the series.

Reply December 5, 2010 - edited
simsands

Nothing saying they aren't christians O.o

They are living in UK after all.

Reply December 5, 2010 - edited
Chat

I'm athiest yet I'm pretending to be cristian because my grandma is a BIG crisian fan (Shes one of the staff members in church) and I don't want to dissapoint her.
I don't see how my story relates to any of this..

OT:Yeah normal people celebrating.

Reply December 5, 2010 - edited