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Why Yule Needs to Stay Creepy
“…There’ll be scary ghost stories and tales of the glories of Christmases long, long ago…”
So I have been thinking about our Contemporary conceptualization of the Christmas season a lot lately and it’s kind of interesting. So many things we associate with Christmas – Christmas trees, greeting cards, Santa Claus, his reindeer and elves, gift-giving in general – all of these things came into vogue in the 19th Century and are very sticky-sweet, in my opinion. They’re lovely, but not filling. If we just scratch the surface of the Christmas we know and love and peek back into its history, we find something much meatier.
Before the cheerful Christmas tree, a number of other plants were associated with Christmas. The holly, associated with sacrifice and the blood of Christ, and the parasitic mistletoe, associated with the death of Baldur in Norse mythology – these were the plants associated with Christmas before the Christmas tree became the standard.
Also, the Yule log. The Yule log, meant to provide light on the darkest night of the year, was a magic charm in and of itself. If it did not burn through the night, it would be a terrible omen. By watching the fire and coals of the Yule log, one could also predict who would give birth and who would die in the coming year.
When our simple Santa Claus is reduced to his predecessors, one is left with Odin, ancient Norse God of battle, Saint Nicholas, the canonized former bishop of Turkey, and Father Christmas, the hard-drinking gluttonous representation of holiday merriment. And all of them brought ghastly friends – Odin, the spirits of the Wild Hunt and Saint Nicholas, his helpers (including Knecht Rupert, Krampus, etc.). Father Christmas, more of a personification of the season than a night visitor, undoubtedly brought many hangovers.
Before stories about reindeer, snowmen, or things of that ilk, there were ghost stories. Charles Dickens did not invent the Christmas ghost story in “A Christmas Carol,” but popularized an already-existing folkloric trend. If we look to the old tales of Christmas, we find stories about witches that rode the night air, cursing the birth of the Savior. There are stories about fairies, ghosts, and Devils that wreak havoc, frightening livestock and damaging property. In an era before television or radio, homemade storytelling was one of the primary forms of entertainment. And winter was the storytelling season.
You also have mumming, wassailing, and caroling – dressing up in colorful costumes and (sometimes drunkenly) begging for money door-to-door. As John Grossman notes in his book “Christmas Curiosities,” Christmas before the Contemporary Period resembles our Halloween more than it resembles the Christmas we know now.
Let us not forget, those of us who acknowledge the Wheel of the Year, that the season of darkness extends from Halloween to Christmas. This darkness only begins to fade when we gain back the Sun at the Winter Solstice. From Halloween to Christmas, the dead may roam the Earth and weird things may happen. In his classic “Mastering Witchcraft,” Paul Huson notes that Yule is not a time for pleasant spell work, but cursing! It is a time of dark magic and mystery. And we need this time. To understand the light, we must understand the darkness – the witches, ghosts, and Devils of the old Yuletide. Like the trees that go dormant, we must embrace the darkness of winter to grow and thrive.
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I was just going through harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Pottermore and apparently during the only time I was actually on Pottermore was when Ravenclaw won the 5th/6th House Cup.
289. All ravenclaws learn sign language so they can have heated debates in the library without disturbing anyone
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The night before final exams...
Ravenclaw: *learns the entirety of the Yiddish language instead of studying*
Hurricane is coming, stay safe!
593. For some unknown reason, ravenclaws can be found doing the most mundane things in highly unusual places. Doing homework in a tree, meeting friends in the lake, taking a nap in the Forbidden Forest and listening to music in a clearing surrounded by Gryffins are just some examples
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535. Since there are many students with different interests sometimes ravenclaws organize meetings where those “experts” talk about their passion. There are lots of muggleborns who talk about muggle pop culture, music, books and films because they are overlooked in Muggle studies. There are people who can talk for hours about a certain artist or author, or that love science and astronomy. In this way new friendships are made, many discover new interests and they all learn something new
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506. Ravenclaws who sign up to the classes they want, not caring about their grades, or how they’re going to make their lives harder than the “easier subjects” just because they want to learn. “I’m suffering but I enjoyed it immensely.”
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do magical kids get yearbooks??? this was such a great excuse to draw 16 portraits
I think this is the best fanart I’ve ever seen. It’s definitely my favourite.
A truly tragic loss for science and the community. An accident the day after his 69th birthday. I am crying as I remember my visits to see Snooty. One time I was invited back after a presentation and was able to feed and pet him. And I’m pretty sure I spent more of prom watching Snooty float around and boop his snout against the glass than I did dancing. We learned so much from him, and I’m glad that he lived as long and happy of a life as he did.
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