Chapter 406 Christmas

This Christmas, Hogwarts seems to want to impress its guests and show the best of the school. The decorations in the castle reflect the good intentions of teachers and students.

The whole castle was decorated with lights. If it weren't for the red lanterns, Ada would have thought she was dreaming back to her previous life.

The auditorium was decorated with sparkling Christmas trees and hooting golden owls. The handrails of the marble stairs are covered with icicles that will never melt. Fortunately, the ice will not lower the temperature of the castle, and there are no stupid children sticking out their tongues to lick the icicles.

The old armors of the past have also been wiped clean and enchanted so that they will sing Christmas carols whenever someone passes by.

In the corridor where you are alone, there is no sound everywhere, and suddenly someone is humming a song next to you, no matter whether it is Christmas carols or "Jingle Bells", this scene is quite scary.

Ada just wanted to ask, which little genius came up with this wonderful idea of ​​making armor sing? Can't you come up with less ideas from the underworld and do more work in the underworld?

Now, Ada didn't want to sing Christmas carols at all. She wanted to sing "Oh, Susanna," even though she wasn't from Alabama and couldn't play her beloved banjo.

The castle decoration work these days has left Ada exhausted. On the one hand, she has to run up and down with the prefects to help the professor, and on the other hand, she has to watch out for Peeves to prevent him from causing trouble to everyone.

Dumbledore was still very respectable, and Peeves had been honest for half a school year. It was not until before Christmas that he couldn't help but come out to play pranks and cause trouble again.

Heavy snow fell on the castle and grounds one after another. Hogwarts was decorated in silvery white. The aroma of stew was rising in the castle, making people feel warm and the festive atmosphere getting stronger.

If anyone in the castle was unhappy right now, Ada's first thought was of the fussy Fleur Delacour.

Fleur from France was always complaining about the cold weather at Hogwarts, complaining that the food here was too greasy, and that she couldn't wear her new long dress. As long as you can't think of it, there is nothing that Furong can't complain about.

Among the Gryffindor little lions, one of them has been very unhappy recently, and that is Ginny, the little sister of the Weasley family.

Ginny wasn't unhappy because she was only in third grade and couldn't attend the Yule Ball. In fact, many people had invited her. But Ginny didn't agree to anyone's invitation. She had been waiting for Harry, hoping that Harry would notice her.

After surviving a group of girls who took the initiative to invite Harry, and surviving Qiu Zhang who Harry took the initiative to invite, even now Harry still hasn't found a dance partner, and he doesn't think about Ginny.

This made Ginny so happy. She had been hanging out in front of Harry these days, but Harry treated her like air, and even discussed with Ron in front of her how to find a dance partner.

After clicking a circle of names, Harry and Ron finally remembered that there was Hermione beside them, so Ron, who had no emotional intelligence, went online again and asked Hermione to choose one between him and Harry.

Ron's appearance made Hermione so angry that she couldn't hold back her temper at that time and angrily yelled at Ron. Turning her head, Hermione agreed to the others' invitation. Compared to Hermione, Ginny was even worse. Ron asked after all, but Harry didn't even think of asking Ginny.

After learning that Harry and Parvati Patil had become dance partners, Ginny was even more heartbroken and agreed to the invitation of Gryffindor Sword Master Neville.

Harry and Ron were just two idiots who turned a blind eye to their ready-made dance partners. If it weren't for the dazzling halo of the protagonists, it would not be surprising at all that Harry and Ron would attend the ball as a couple.

Amid the chaos, Christmas 1994 arrived as scheduled.

On the white morning, Ada thought she had woken up early enough, but she didn't expect Angelina, Aaliyah, and Katie to wake up earlier than her. When she opened her eyes, half of their Christmas gifts had been opened. .

She got out of bed and opened the window. As soon as she took a breath of cold air, Ada closed the window tightly while laughing and scolding, "I'm going to die, you."

How can I be willing to be scolded? After a while, Ada's cold little hands reached into Angelina's pajamas. The four people in the dormitory suddenly became a mess and didn't even open the gifts.

Ada was quickly defeated. No matter how cold her hands were, they couldn't compare to three people tickling her together. The torture was unbearable, and Ada immediately surrendered and raised the white flag, and the three of them let her go.

Panting and flushed, the four people each sat back on their beds and continued to open their own gifts, enjoying the surprise of Christmas morning.

The number of people who can send gifts to Ada at Christmas is still the same. Although it has not increased, it has not decreased either. She is easily satisfied.

It may be that Ada is already seventeen years old, so the gifts she received were mainly jewelry and clothing. It’s just that the clothes Ada received were more mature than the last, especially Angelina’s gift.

Even if summer really comes, Ada is determined not to go out wearing this dress. The designer really saves on fabric, and it is no better than the dress she gave to Angelina.

Mrs. Weasley's handmade sweater is unique this year. The sweetheart neck sweater finally replaces the initials on the chest with a bush of blooming flowers.

After sharing the homemade meat pies sent by Mrs. Weasley, the four lazy girls remembered to clean the wrapping paper on the dormitory floor and remembered that there was someone waiting for them to eat together downstairs.

Standing in the common room, looking at the lively scene in front of her, Ada suddenly felt that the usually spacious common room had become a bit crowded. During this year's Christmas vacation, almost all students chose to stay in school, which gave Ada this illusion.

On Christmas morning, almost no one went out. Everyone stayed in Gryffindor Tower, either playing around or taking the last moment to practice dancing.

According to Ron, Neville could dance for a long time even if he was alone without a partner.

At noon, everyone enjoyed a sumptuous lunch in the Great Hall, including at least a hundred turkeys and a pile of Christmas puddings, as well as mountains of Cribbage wizard shortbread cookies.

In the afternoon, many boys went to have snowball fights in the snow outside, while most of the girls stayed in the castle, and some even started dressing up early.

Ada didn't know about other houses, but the Gryffindor girls' dormitory became as noisy as the market, with girls shouting and screaming everywhere. Some borrowed hair curling irons, some borrowed quick-acting hair smootheners, some girls who were usually clever and handy also transformed into Teacher Tony, and there were long queues at the door of some dormitories.

Ada stayed in the dormitory honestly, lying on the bed and flipping through a magazine. This magazine was confiscated from a senior sister two days ago. Ada was reading a fashion magazine from the wizarding world very seriously, and she was not necessarily so serious about her studies.

Seeing the model in the magazine quickly pulling up her hair into a bun with gorgeous techniques, Ada's smooth forehead was full of question marks. What did I just see? How did this strand of hair get tied up? How did the top of her head, which was so flat just now, suddenly become thicker?

It's magic! It must be magic!

Putting down the magazine, Ada picked up a strand of her hair and tried it, then she threw the fashion magazine far away. Everything in fashion magazines is indeed a lie!

Feeling dizzy, chest tight and short of breath, Ada chose to lie down and gave up. After a while, Ada fell into sleep.

The sky was getting dark, and Angelina, Aaliyah, and Katie didn't return to the dormitory until almost seven o'clock. They had just returned from a senior sister's styling.

Opening the door, the three of them saw Ada sleeping soundly on the bed. There was only more than an hour left before the dance started. The three of them didn't care anymore and immediately woke up Ada roughly.

"What time is it? Is it time to have dinner?" Ada asked drowsily, her eyes half-open and half-closed, obviously not awake yet.

Angelina pulled Ada up from the bed without saying a word. Aaliyah simply slapped her on the back, and Ada's sleepiness immediately dissipated.

Looking at the dressed-up friends in front of her and looking at the night outside the window, Ada finally regained consciousness.