Heh

[aesmael]

    Reportedly J. K. Rowling thinks she kept Christian references in her story hidden and saved more explicit ones until the end, yet the only holiday anyone ever celebrated or attached strong importance to was Christmas. Always amused I was by Christians complaining her books were a weapon wielded against her faith when for me they contained an irritating implicit claim of Christianity as truth.

    Still have not read the last, mind.

    Link via SFSignal and contains spoilers. Tried to skip my eyes over those as much as possible.

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[aesmael.livejournal.com]

Drat! I did in fact forget about Halloween (except for that niggling doubt suggesting it might have been celebrated too, but basically I forgot). Now I wonder if the Christmases stuck in my mind precisely because Harry was not going home. It seemed to me like a time of peace and joy for the characters and relative quiet in the story.

I have not read them since the sixth came out, though. Perhaps my memory is rusty. Still stand by the fact I formed that impression though. ;-)