• START OF TERM WELCOMING FEAST
Location:
— Great Hall, Hogwarts castle, Highlands, Scotland, Great Britain
Date:
— 1 September, 7pm
Participants:
— Hogwarts Students
— Hogwarts Staff
— Hogwarts Ghosts
Description:
— feast held on the first day of school term
The Start-of-Term Feast, also known as the Welcoming Feast or the Great Feast, is the traditional feast of the first night at Hogwarts, welcoming the start of a new school year. It is held in the Great Hall on the night of 1 September following the arrival of the students on the Hogwarts Express. The feast is notable for including the Sorting of all new first year students into their Houses.
The Start-of-Term Feast is also used to introduce new members of the teaching staff to the student body, and to pass out important announcements and messages concerning the new school year. This is usually done in the form of a speech by the Headmaster or Headmistress. They may also choose to say a few words during this time, such as in 1991, when Albus Dumbledore told the students, "Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!", or in 1994, when he said "Tuck in!" Hereby, depending on the mood of the Head, the School Song may be sung, to no particular melody other than the individual's choosing. Sometimes, there is a musical presentation by pupils during the feast, for example in 1993, the school choir led a presentation of Something Wicked This Way Comes before the announcements.
Divination professor Sybill Trelawney usually chose not to attend such functions.
In the 1995–1996 school year, the Ministry-implanted teacher, Dolores Umbridge, interrupted Dumbledore's welcoming speech at the end of the feast, which no other new teachers had ever done before, something the students found amusing. Umbridge went on to insult the students by speaking down on them as though they were five-year old children, and then began a very dull speech that most students simply wandered off into chatter (some Prefects pretended to listen to live up to their duties), with Umbridge continuing ignorantly.
• HALLOWEEN FEAST
Location:
— Great Hall, Hogwarts castle, Scotland, Great Britain
Date:
— 31 October
Participants:
— Hogwarts Students
— Hogwarts Staff
— Hogwarts Ghosts
Description:
— a feast held at Halloween
The Hallowe'en Feast at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry occurs on 31 October every year.
It is festooned with candy-filled pumpkins, apples, black cauldrons of big lollipops, carrot cake, bats, orange streamers, goblets of coloured candy, possibly pumpkin juice, and all sorts of Hallowe'en-related decorations. There is always some entertainment at the end, this may be by the Hogwarts Ghosts who pop out of the walls and do formation gliding. It's a highly anticipated feast which most Hogwarts students look forward to every year.
• CHRISTMAS FEAST
Location:
— Hogwarts's Great Hall
Dates:
— Christmas Day
Participants:
— Hogwarts Students (who choose not to go home for the Christmas holidays)
— Hogwarts Staff
Description:
— a feast held at Christmas
The Christmas feast is held on Christmas Day. It is attended by the Professors and any students that have chosen to remain at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry over the Christmas holidays.
The feast is prepared by the House-elves in the kitchens, and consisted of a hundred fat, roast turkeys, mountains of roast and boiled potatoes, platters of fat chipolatas, tureens of buttered peas, silver boats of thick, rich gravy and cranberry sauce. For dessert, flaming Christmas puddings are served, with silver Sickles hidden within the pudding. Also on the tables are Wizard Crackers.
Unlike their Muggle counterparts that contain plastic toys and paper hats, Wizard Crackers explode with a blast, like a cannon going off, and engulf the pullers in blue smoke. Inside can be found such delights as live mice, Wizard's Chess sets, and Grow-Your-Own-Warts kits, as well as real-sized hats and jokes. Because of the small number of students that stayed for Christmas during Harry’s third year, the house tables were put to one side and a table for twelve set up in their place.
• END OF TERM LEAVING FEAST
Location:
— Great Hall, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Dates:
— Last day of School Term
Participants:
— Hogwarts Students
— Hogwarts Staff
— Hogwarts Ghosts
Description
— feast held at the last day of School Term
The End-of-Term Feast (or Leaving Feast) is a traditional part of the school year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, held in the Great Hall.
It occurred on the last night of the term and had almost exactly the same dishes as the ones served at the Start-of-Term Feast. This Feast was notable for including the awarding of the House Cup to the house with the highest points. The house that won the House Cup would have the Great Hall decorated in their house colours.
Although most of these feasts are very happy and exciting times, at the end of the 1994–1995 school year, the End-of-Term feast was subdued because of the death of Hufflepuff student Cedric Diggory.
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One Minute Feasts - It's Magic!
RandomWizards share one very important trait with Muggles: their unbridled love of food. This book is about to show you the foods prepared on Wizarding dining tables and their magical diet. Prepare to feel very, very hungry. Note: This book is for refere...
