<< December, 2007 >>

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1926
31st -  New Years Eve
Merope Gaunt gives birth to Tom Marvolo Riddle in Orphanage and dies within the hour.

1991 (PS)
21st - Hagrid sets up the twelve Christmas trees in the Great Hall.
25th - Christmas - Harry receives his father's Invisibility Cloak for a present.  Harry discovers the Mirror of Erised hiding from Filch after a late night trip to the library in search of information on Nicholas Flamel.
26th - Harry returns to the Mirror with Ron.
27th - Harry goes to the Mirror and encounters Dumbledore.

1992 (CS)
10th - Hermione steals potion supplies from Snape's office during Potions class.
17th - Harry speaks Parseltongue at the Dueling club.  Blizzard begins. 
18th - Blizzard covers the school.  The last herbology class of term is cancelled. A second rooster is killed.  Third attack of the basalisk: Justin Fitch-Fletchley and Nearly Headless Nick are petrified.
25th -  Christmas- Feast at noon.  The polyjuice potion is finished: Harry and Ron "become" Crabbe and Goyle, Hermione ends up in the hospital with furry face and tail. 

1993 (PA)
18th - Hogsmeade trip: Fred and George give Harry the Marauder's Map and he visits the village.  Harry hears the story of Sirius Black's supposed double-cross. 
19th -  Hagrid receives letter informing him that Buckbeak's hearing is scheduled for April 20.
20th - Harry, Ron, and Hermione begin working on Buckbeak's defense.
25th -  Christmas- Feast at noon.  Harry receives a Firebolt which Prof.McGonagall confiscates. 

1994 (GF)
7th- Rita Skeeter shows up at Care of Magical Creatures class. Hermione discovers Dobby, the trio visits the Hogwarts' kitchens.
10th- Prof.McGonagall announces the Yule Ball in Transfiguration class.
11th- Rita Skeeter interviews Hagrid.
18th- Harry asks Cho and Ron asks Fleur to the Yule Ball unsuccessfully.
25th - Christmas- The Yule Ball takes place in Hogwarts Great Hall.

1995 (OP)
18th- Last DA meeting of the term, Cho stay behind and kisses Harry under mistletoe. Harry dreams about the attack on Arthur Weasley. He and the Weasleys return to 12 Grimmauld Place.
19th- Visit to St. Mungo's to see Mr. Weasley. 
25th -  Christmas on the closed ward: The trio, Ginny, Mrs. Weasley, Bill, and the twins visit Mr. Weasley  in St. Mungo's.  Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny see Prof. Lockhart,  Neville & Longbottoms. 

1996 (HBP)
19th- Romilda Vane tries to slip Harry a Love Potion.
20th- Slughorn's Christmas party, Harry asks Luna.  Harry eavesdrops on Snape trying to help Draco.
21st- Harry and Ron return to Burrow.
24th- Christmas Eve at the Burrow: Weasley family gathers in the living room, listening to Celestina Warbeck on the WWN.  Harry talks with Lupin and Arthur about Snape and Greyback.
Harry tries to determine identity of the Half-Blood Prince.
25th -  Christmas- Ron gets necklace from Lavender, Harry gets maggots from Kreacher.  Percy and Scrimgeour show up, Scrimgeour tries to talk Harry into helping the Ministry.

1997 (DH)
17th- Harry and Hermione discuss going to Godric's Hollow.
20th- Luna captured by Death Eaters from the Hogwarts Express on her way home for Christmas .
24th- Harry and Hermione visit Godric's Hollow, see James and Lily's graves and house, and visit Bathilda Bagshot, who turns out to be a fake replacement for the real person and attacks; Hermione helps Harry escape but his wand breaks in the process.
25th- Christmas - Harry wakes up with Hermione tending to his injuries; they read about Dumbledore's friendship with Grindelwald. Ron figures out how to use the Deluminator to find Harry and Hermione.
26th- Hermione takes Harry to the Forest of Dean. On watch, Harry sees a silvery doe and follows it to discover Gryffindor's sword in a frozen lake; when he tries to get it, Ron appears, saves his life, and uses the sword to destroy the locket Horcrux. Hermione attacks Ron but Harry calms her down.
27th- Ron explains the jinx on people who speak Voldemort's name. Ron and Hermione convince Harry to try visiting Mr. Lovegood.
28th- Trio visits Xeno Lovegood; Mr. Lovegood tells the story of the Deathly Hallows, then tries to sell Harry to the Ministry, and the trio just escapes. Harry thinks he figures out the mystery of the Hallows.

Events & Reminders

2007

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix DVD released:
November 12 - UK
December 11 - US

2008

June 19-21, 2008: Convention Alley 2 - Ottawa, Ontario Canada

July 10-13, 2008: Portus 2008, Hilton Anatole in Dallas, Texas

July 25-27, 2008: Accio 2008, Magdalen College, Oxford UK

August 7-11, 2008: Terminus sponsored by Narrate Conferences, Inc.- Chicago, Illinois USA

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince film will be released in theaters
November 20 – Germany, Netherlands
November 21 – Brazil, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Turkey, UK, USA
November 26 – Belgium, France
November 27 - Australia
November 28 - Bulgaria, Poland, Russia, Spain
December 6 - Japan

2009
June 26-29, 2009: Sectus 2009, Bodelwyddan Castle, Wales

July 23-26, 2009: “Level Two 2009”, San Jose, California

2010
July 15-18, 2010: Infinitus 2010 at “Wizarding World of Harry Potter Theme Park", Universal Studios, Orlando Florida

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows film to be released in theaters

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Each month we will post three little “snippets”, tiny screenshot images, from Jo Rowling’s official website, www.jkrowling.com

Your challenge is to scour the pages of Jo’s site, searching for the exact location the snippet can be found. Some will be easy, and some will be difficult to find… but all will be visible somewhere on the current interactive flash version of her site. (Not the Text only version, because it has no pictures, obviously!) None will be from previous versions that are no longer visible, such as “behind the door”. Once you’ve found the exact location of all 3 snippets, send us an email with your answers. Be sure your answers are descriptive enough for us to determine that you've truly found it.

For example:

“On the desktop” would not be an acceptable answer here. It should read something like, “On the desktop, below the keyboard and above the Rubber eraser Portkey".
Ready?

Current Snippet Search Challenge -

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year !

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October Snippet Search Challenge -

1. On the wall behind the picture in the Links library, after Peeves knocks it down. (Also accepted: on the Bulletin board in Extra Stuff after drawing with the pen).

2. Text from the Ballad of Nearly Headless Nick in Extras Stuff - Characters.

3. Magi-me-more advertisement, one of the changing ads in the Rumours tabloid.

Winners October 07:
1. Priscilla
2. Darlene Huey
3. LOLA
4. John R.
5. Serphina
6. Vidya K.
7. Matthew Z.
8. Ginny Guerra
9. AWorkerBee

Spells (N.E.W.T. level)

Across
1. Blasts a hole through target object
6. Glues target’s tongue to the roof of his mouth
7. Allows private conversations even in a crowd
8. Blasts solid objects out of the caster’s path
12. Digs through or hollows out the target
13. Duplicates target object
16. Cleans up target object or person
17. Renders target unconscious
18. Blows up the target
19. Shoots a wad of gum out of a keyhole

Down
2. Causes conjured creatures to attack the target
3. Turns object to stone
4. Starts a fire
5. Makes caster’s voice carry over long distances
9. Causes target to explode
10. Moves a tree
11. Cursed fire
14. Forces the target to release its hold on someone or something
15. Conjures a wooden rod

Ingredients
140ml/5fl oz of dark or Demerara rum such as Woods 100 (light will not work for this recipe)
5 large eggs, yolks only
1 large egg, white only
200ml/7fl oz single cream
584ml/1 pint 1fl oz whole milk
1 pinch nutmeg
4 tsp soft brown sugar
To garnish
cinnamon bark, cassia bark or cinnamon sticks

Method
1. Start by bringing the milk in a pan gently to boiling point while whisking occasionally to prevent burning.
2. While the milk is heating separate the eggs. Place the five yolks and one white into a blender.
3. As soon as the milk is almost boiling, remove from the heat and start the blender, pour the milk over the eggs while blending and blend for around 10 seconds then let to cool for one minute. This technique ensures that any possibility of food poisoning from the eggs is removed as the hot milk will sterilise the raw eggs.
4. Add the cream and nutmeg and blend for five seconds.
5. Add the four egg cups of rum and blend briefly to mix.
6. Serve in handled glasses or small teacups with a sprinkle of nutmeg and a cinnamon stick as garnish.