Christmas-Holidays

The Christmas holidays were the time of the year when students of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry had the option to go home via the Hogwarts Express for Christmas, or to stay in the castle. However, if one stayed, there were no classes for them to attend. The holidays were generally two weeks long.
==Celebrations at Hogwarts==
At this time, the school was decorated and the Great Hall was occupied with The Twelve Christmas Trees. On Christmas Day there was the feast, during which the remaining students and teachers tucked into mountains of roast turkeys, potatoes and chipolatas. The tables in the Great Hall were strewn with Wizard Crackers, wonderful crackers that sounded like gunshots when pulled and were filled with real sized hats, wizard chess sets, live mice and jokes.
==History==
===1991===
Harry Potter chose to spend the Christmas holidays during his first year at Hogwarts, having no desire to spend the holiday period with the Dursleys. His friend Ron Weasley stayed with him, while Hermione Granger headed home to see her parents. The two boys investigated the Philosopher's Stone over the break.Ron's older brothers Percy, Fred, and George also remained at Hogwarts. The twins got into trouble for throwing snowballs at Professor Quirrell and pestered Percy by stealing his Prefect badge. All five boys received jumpers made by Mrs Weasley.For Christmas, Harry received his late father's Cloak of Invisibility from Albus Dumbledore. While exploring the school under it, he discovered the Mirror of Erised, and took to gazing in it frequently, as it showed him with the family he never knew. On one occasion, Ron accompanied him, and saw a vision of himself as Head Boy and Quidditch Captain. Dumbledore advised Harry to stop, warning him that people had gone mad by living in dreams, and moved the Mirror.
===1992===
Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger all stayed at Hogwarts during the 1992 Christmas holidays in their second year. Hermione finished brewing Polyjuice Potion on Christmas Day, which the trio was planning to use to disguise themselves as Slytherin students so as to find out if Draco Malfoy was the Heir of Slytherin, and if he was opening the Chamber of Secrets.Harry and Ron transformed into Gregory Goyle and Vincent Crabbe, respectively, while Hermione intended to transform into Millicent Bulstrode. However, she inadvertently added a hair sample from Bulstrode's cat, resulting in her partially transforming into a cat. As the potion wasn't intended for Trans-Species Transformation, she spent the rest of the holidays in the Hospital Wing to return to normal.Harry and Ron questioned Draco, who revealed that he was not the Heir, but wished he knew who it was so that he could help him.
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