The next day's Christmas dinner was held as scheduled.

This was the first time that Shewin had really felt the Christmas spirit of Hogwarts - the walls of the castle were covered with torches of all colors, and the corridors were illuminated; The floors, walls, and even ceilings were cleaned to the spotless, and the entire castle looked as if it had been washed by a university.

The clearing outside the castle was covered with snow. Because there are not many students staying in school, there are only a sparse footprint on the snow and a few snowmen that everyone has built together. The snowman is dressed up in a Santa hat and a snowman cape by the little wizards, and it looks cute.

The most festive place for Christmas is at Hogwarts Hall.

The Great Hall was planted with a number of mistletoe parasites, which were enchanted and floated in the air.

This plant is often believed to have the miraculous power to create new life and give fertility in the country. Xiwen accidentally saw several senior couples kissing under the mistletoe, completely ignoring the eyes of others around them.

In addition to the mistletoe, there were twelve Christmas trees in the auditorium, which Professor Kettleburn had sawed down with his saw.

The Christmas tree is wrapped around a circle of glittering ribbons, and on the ribbons are some small gift boxes, which are Christmas gifts for the little wizards prepared by the faculty and staff!

Because there are relatively few students staying on campus, the Christmas banquet did not continue the tradition of four dean's tables, but prepared a smaller table and placed it in the center of the auditorium, so that all teachers and students could sit together and mingle.

There was also a large bag of wizarding packets of firecrackers on the table, and Professor Mellos kindly stood next to it and lit it, and then from the firecrackers exploded a lot of hats, wizard chess, and even a living white rabbit. The White Rabbit is Professor McGonagall's transformation and does not harm real Bunnies.

Oddly enough, most of the younger professors at Hogwarts have family backgrounds and choose to go home for Christmas. However, most of the headmasters, such as Headmaster Duppert and the four Headmasters, are single, and they feel more like Hogwarts is their home, staying in the castle all year round.

However, as the banner of the wizarding world against Grindelwald, Dumbledore did not make it in time for this year's Christmas feast.

Grindelwald made a public appearance at the Polish Ministry of Magic during the day, and Dumbledore was urgently called over to support the scene.

Of course, in Sven's opinion, Grindelwald definitely meant to let Dumbledore spend Christmas with him......

When Sven came to the table, Professor Slughorn graciously pulled him to his side and sat down, shushing and asking for warmth.

During his conversation with the Professor, Shivin found Riddle sitting on the Professor's right hand. However, he was not surprised, because it was not surprising that Riddle had chosen to stay in school for Christmas, given that he had come from an orphanage.

"Didn't you come home either, Rozier?" Seeing Xiwen's figure, Riddle was very surprised and took the lead in asking.

"Professor Kettleburn invited me to come and watch their rehearsal play, so I stayed." Shivin smiled and said to Riddle.

Hearing the word drama, Riddle's eyes inexplicably flashed a trace of emptiness, although it was fleeting, but it was still captured by Xiwen.

"What's the matter, don't you like to watch dramas?" Shivin wasn't sure what kind of look flashed in Riddle's eyes, so he asked with some confusion.

"It's normal that little Tom doesn't like drama." Professor Slughorn also said, "I don't really like this form of performance either. I really don't understand why Herbert has so much enthusiasm and can release a few plays every year. ”

"I didn't say I didn't like it." Riddle quickly adjusted his mood, put on a gentle and polite smile, and said to Shewin and the professor, "It's just a little curious about theater." ”

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At 8 o'clock in the evening, as the professors and students were seated, the Christmas dinner officially began!

On the table where everyone was sitting, the wizard's colored bags and firecrackers were removed, and then countless plates and dishes, large and small, appeared out of thin air, and an incomparably sumptuous feast quickly emerged from these plates—

A hundred fat roasted turkeys, mountains of roasted meats and boiled potatoes, large plates of sausages, bowls of buttered peas, plates of thick, thick meat marinade and cranberry sauce emerged. In front of each wizard is a glass of flaming Christmas pudding.

"Check your Flame Christmas Pudding before you start the feast." After all, it is the biggest festival of the year, and it is rare for Principal Dippet to no longer maintain his usual serious appearance, but to smile lightly and say to everyone.

"There are three cups of pudding each with a silver sike hidden in them, and it is said that whoever gets this coin will have good luck in the future!"

Shivin picked up his fork and poked at his pudding, and when he found that there was no silver coco hidden in it, he nodded in satisfaction. He didn't want the coins that had passed through so many people's hands to end up in his food.

To Xiwen, a Sico is not worth much, but a silver Sico is a lot of money to many other young wizards.

Everyone happily poked their pudding over and over again, hoping that Ginseo would appear in a corner they hadn't noticed. After eating the pudding and not finding it, they turned to ask the students around them to find out which three lucky people had gotten the three silver sicos.

Beside Xiwen, Professor Slughorn poked his pudding with just as much interest.

"Looks like I'm not the lucky one." The professor was not in the slightest bit unhappy, and said with a smile. With his chubby cheeks and two strands of beard on top of his mouth, he laughed like a walrus.

"The Legend of the Fairy Tree"

Just then, there was a crisp sound of metal colliding on Professor Slughorn's right.

Both the professor and Shevin turned their heads to look at Riddle, who had the fork in his hand poking into the pudding and making a metallic crash.

"Good luck, Tom!" Professor Slughorn said excitedly, as if he had gotten the coin. "Take it out and let us have a look."

Riddle bowed his head slightly, then pulled out his wand and cast a flying spell on the coins in the pudding. The silver cico flew out of the pudding and landed in his hand.

Riddle used another Cleansing Charm to clean the coin, which he showed to Professor Slughorn and Shevan.

Professor Slughorn exaggerated the praise of Riddle's luck and how well he cast spells.

Moments later, it was clear what the other two silver Sicol belonged to: Gryffindor's sixth-year student Charles Potter, and an unimportant Hufflepuff third-year wizard.

Principal Dippet personally took the lead in picking up the drinks and celebrating the three lucky winners with the coins.

With such a lively atmosphere of the opening event of the dinner, the following banquet time was full of laughter.

Of course, the young wizards of Ravenclaw House were a little unhappy because their house didn't get any silver coco......

However, the slightest bit of unhappiness did not affect everyone's joyful atmosphere at all.

In the midst of the laughter, Professor Billy walked up to the makeshift stage at the front of the auditorium and bowed to the audience.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please enjoy the Hogwarts Drama Society's performance of Good Fortune!"

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