This is weird but I just thought, are they Christian in Hogwarts or something because they celebrate Christmas in several occasions, also when Harry "kind of died" and saw Albus in King across station were they in a sort of heaven place. But it is contradicted with the witchcraft and the magical aspect of it. what do you think?
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I guess that most of the characters are Christian, since they celebrate Christmas. I don't think that the Harry Potter afterlife is supposed to be the same as the Christian Heaven though. Tina, Queenie, and Jacob all have Jewish sounding names.
You don't have to be Christian to celebrate Christmas
Yeahhh here in India we celebrate Christmas too
Thats true. I'm Jewish and I celebrate Christmas.
I'm am Christian and live in a Christian society,all my friends are Christian,we go to a Christian school,so,from what I know,everybody in Hp is Christian
Loony-Hogwarts has students from all over the UK. Even if most of them are Christian, some of them will practice other religions. Fantastic Beasts is set in New York, which is a pretty diverse city, so we could assume that not everyone in that is Christian. Goldstein and Jacob are particularly Jewish sounding names.
This is, of course, assuming that the wizarding community practices muggle religions. In a world where magic is real, stories about gods might seem less impressive.
Hogwarts would have been founded during a period of heavy Christianity. It's possible that they adopted these customs to help blend in to muggle society.
That said, the roots of Christmas go far beyond religions and the Hogwarts celebration doesn't seem to have any religious aspect at all. From what we see, it just seems to be a reason to decorate and overindulge in some food. Who doesn't love a good party?