The Hogwarts Houses

Hogwarts house celebrating birthdays

Gryffindor: The Gryffindor students have the loudest celebrations, they day starts with all the other students in their dormitory singing happy birthday, during the day the student will randomly burst into a song; and they can be heard singing everywhere in the castle, the birthday girl/boy/person is sometimes given a crown or hat to wear during the day; and everytime they see someone wearing one; they all start singing, once Fred and George Weasley enchanted the statues and suits of armour in the school to sing everytime she/he/they walked by, the singing always drives the professors crazy, and all except Dumbledore, Lupin and Hagrid gave out detentions to anyone who sings in their class "Your so old!".

Ravenclaw: Every birthday the birthday girl/boy/person has to complete a treasure hunt, and are given clues and riddles to find the treasure throughout the day, the clues are given written down on pieces of paper or in other magical ways, each riddle leads to another clue and they eventually lead to the treasure that is hidden somewhere on the grounds or in the castle, the treasure varies for each student and is personalised for that specific person by their friends, the students of Ravenclaw always make sure to prepare small but clever surprises for birthday girl/boy/person to discover throughout the day, all leading up to the big gift.

Hufflepuff: On their birthdays, the Hufflouffs get woken up with cake in bed before breakfast, the night before the other students prepare the celebration and the cake, and they visit the kitchen for ingredients. The Hufflepuffs make sure to never forget any birthday, and it's a priority to celebrate every birthday equally much, even for students who have their birthday in summer or during the christmas break gets celebrated when they come back in autumn, with little surprises throughout the day, like all the portraits wishing them a happy birthday.

Slytherin: The Slytherins plan their birthday celebrations for a long time, with organised teams within the house for each part of the celebrations, like music, cake, decorations etc. It's important for the Slytherins to throw the perfect birthday celebrations, and the student prides themselves in having the best parties and surprises, every student gets their own little party; sometimes with almost every student of the house, the parties are often supposed to be surprised, but the birthday girl/boy/person almost always figures it out beforehand, every student gets a personalised verse of happy birthday on their own short song, prepared by the students in the "Song group".