The Legend of Harry Potter Schoolmaster

By mid-December, snow began to fall in the sky, and Hogwarts was soon covered in snow.

The weather in the Scottish Highlands has always been unpredictable, rainy and snowy.

Jon, who grew up in the southern port city of Southampton, is obviously not used to the cold weather where he needs to wear several thick sweaters every day.

Fortunately, the semester is about to end, and they will have more than half a month's vacation.

The students were almost scrambling to book seats on the Hogwarts Express in anticipation of being home for Christmas.

Jon is very curious about this. Isn't Christmas a Christian holiday? In the "witch hunt" of the Christian Church in the Middle Ages, I don't know how many witches and wizards were killed, and there was almost a bloody feud on both sides... The wizards actually came to commemorate the birth of the Son of Christ in the Christian Church?

He posed this question to Professor Binns in the last lesson of "History of Magic":

"Professor, why do wizards have Christmas too?"

Hearing the question, Professor Binns blinked and said in his dry, breathless voice:

"Although Christmas is a day that even Muggles celebrate, we wizards definitely start celebrating this holiday before them... As early as the 14th century BC, the Mitanni wizards in Asia Minor had Celebrate the history of Mithras on the 25th!"

"In ancient languages ​​like Sanskrit or Avesta, 'mitra-' means 'covenant' or 'companion'... Mithra, god of the covenant, according to legend, was born on the day of her birth It's December 25th; for us wizards, that's what Christmas is all about."

"For wizards, the existence of the 'contract' is an important reason why magic began to make great progress. Our ancestors made a contract with the elemental elves, which is the beginning of our magical ability; the role of the wand is also to reach a contract with the wizard, Allows wizards to effectively control their magic; we also make pacts with goblins, centaurs and even muggles, ensuring that we don't have to live in danger..."

As he spoke, Professor Binns coughed violently, like the sound of chalk being broken.

"Because contracts are so important to magic... so wizards spontaneously celebrate the birth of Mithra on December 25th every year, which is the beginning of 'Christmas'... Muggles celebrate this festival because Our influence, that their Son was not born on December 25th, but in the fall, their legends were mixed up with the history of the wizards and thus spread the truth."

"However, the Christmas wizarding habit of giving gifts originated from Muggles, and wizards found it very interesting, so they gradually adopted this custom... Any questions, Mr. Hart?"

"No, thank you, Professor!"

Jon returned to his seat, and Professor Binns reopened the lecture notes:

"We move on to the eccentric Uric, who was born in the Middle Ages after 982 and is a notoriously eccentric wizard..."

...

With the last Potions class over, the Christmas break begins.

A Hogwarts school year is divided into three terms, the first term from the beginning of the school year to the Christmas break, the second term after the Christmas break to the Easter break, and the Easter break for the second term The end of the semester is the third semester. Between each semester, there is more than half a month of vacation, and before each academic year, there is more than two months of summer vacation.

Jon got on the Hogwarts Express to London, in a cubicle with Zacharice Smith and Heloise Midgen, and listened to Zacharice play for hours Cattle.

At dusk, when Jon got off the train, he saw Eric and Judy waiting at King's Cross for the first time.

"Long time no see, Mom..." He whispered when Judy hugged him at once, "Merry Christmas!"

"Yes... darling... Merry Christmas..."

...

Christmas at 86 Eastleigh Road was no different than usual.

It was as if there wasn't a wizard in the family; it was pretty much the same, after all Jon couldn't use magic here now.

Eric bought a pine tree long ago and dressed it up beautifully with lights, ornaments, and Christmas socks; Judy cooked up a rich meal, including a ten-pound baker, tree trunk cake, ginger cake……

Jon, like a normal child, ate and drank at home, and then fell asleep.

When he woke up the next morning, the first thing he saw was a small pile of packages at the foot of his bed.

Gifts, many, many gifts...

The gift Eric gave him was an expensive Cartier watch with the name "Jon Hart" written on the right side of the watch.

Judy's gift was a black coat that seemed to be of her own design and fit perfectly with Jon's figure; it looked good on her body and looked indistinguishable from a wizard's robes.

As for other gifts...

Zacharis gave him a copy of Quidditch Origins, which Jon just glanced at and tossed aside.

Astoria's gift is a box of Chocolate Frogs and Bibi Duo Beans.

Professor Sprout actually sent him a specimen of Pseudomonas spp.

As for the remaining large package, Jon bent down and opened it carefully, finding it to be a very delicate piece of chocolate cake.

Here are the house-elves in the kitchen, a Christmas present for him.

Jon tried it and it tasted great.

Then, after collecting these gifts one by one, they walked out of the room.

...

Coming to the small courtyard, he saw Eric shoveling snow over there.

Jon thought about it carefully, but walked over.

"What's the matter, son?" Eric couldn't help asking, looking at Jon who didn't speak for a long time.

"That...Eric...Dad..." Jon said hesitantly, "Can you give me some money?"

"Money?" Eric blinked: "Don't you mean our currency can't be used in your world?"

"Yes..." Jon nodded. "But I want to buy something else!"

"Okay, how much do you want?"

"Uh!" Jon thought seriously for a moment: "30,000 pounds, almost!"