


Snow falls from the ceiling of the Great Hall, but unlike real snow this snow is dry and warm.

Twelve large decorated fir trees, mistletoe, and holly are among the decorations that Hagrid and the professors help put in the Great Hall for the Christmas holidays. Their presents are piled at the foot of their beds for them to find when they wake up on Christmas morning. Professor McGonagall takes a list of students who wish to stay for the Christmas holidays during the second week of December. When he and Hermione visit Godric’s Hollow, the carols coming from the church remind him of “Peeves bellowing rude versions of carols from inside suits of armor, of the Great Hall’s twelve Christmas trees, of Dumbledore wearing a bonnet he had won in a cracker, of Ron in a hand-knitted sweater…” ( DH16). Harry has fond memories of spending Christmas at Hogwarts, since he never had any fun with the Dursleys. For those who stay at Hogwarts for the Christmas holidays, enchantment and extravagance await.
