Prolog

Hermione was walking on Diagon Alley to find the perfect birthday present. There wasn't anyone with her, since she didn't want anyone to know what she bought.

She had been wandering around for hours and it was starting to get cold outside. She decided to go into the nearest store to get warm.

She entered the store, the first thing that hit her were the smell of paper. She looked around, she saw books everywhere. She smiled to herself, she hadn't been into Flourish and Blotts yet, so maybe it was here the gift was. Books were the best gift to receive.

She started to walk towards her favorite corner with books, when she saw a little table with books she hadn't seen before, maybe it was because she tended to stick to the kind of books she knew.

Hermione went over to the little table, and immediately a little book caught her eye. It was black with the title in golden letters in the top, in the bottom stood the authors name, also with golden letters. In the middle of the book there was a circle, about two inches in diameter. The circle was divided into twelve small slices, each slice with some sort of golden thread, which looked like a wave, and a little star-like symbol in the side. But it was impossible to see what each golden thread or symbol looked like.

She took the book and turned it around. It said nothing of what it was about on the back. Hermione looked at the front again. Holidays – The key of celebrating a holiday the 'right' way was the title.

She opened the book and looked at a beautiful handwritten prolog.


Book Prolog

Dear reader.

Do you know all the holidays? Both from the muggle and wizards world?

Well here is your chance!

This book is the key to celebrating and how to do it in different ways.

You'll find holidays from different muggle continents, wizard and even magical creatures. With every holiday you'll find a very detailed description about the history for this event and how to celebrate it. You'll also see that some holidays have more than one way to be celebrated.

With the description is it possible to find cooking recipes for the proper food and drinks, activities and sketches to get a picture on what kind of holiday it is.

So is it time to try something new for a change?

Enjoy a new and different year!

Edward H. Bensten


Hermione smiled for herself and quickly flipped through the book.

It was absolutely beautiful and all handwritten! And the sketches were also very beautiful, the illustrator seemed to be very talented and it all gave a good first impression.

Hermione was amazed. She still didn't have a present but she have found herself a new book. This was the year Hermione was going to teach the rest the proper way of celebrating holidays, and no ones could stop her.

"Excuse me, how much for this book?"