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15 min. into the exam, stand up, rip up all the papers into very small pieces, throw them into the air and yell out "Merry Christmas." If you're really daring, ask for another copy of the exam. Say you lost the first one. Repeat this process every 15 min.

It was finals for the first years and everyone wanted an O for there first grade in Hogwarts. Well, everyone but one James Potter. James hated potions and more importantly hated old Sluggy who seemed to favor James and Sirius. Normally he wouldn't have minded, but Slughorn was completely indifferent to Remus and Peter. James found this unacceptable, especially since Remus was such a better student than the two of them.

As soon as all the students began to write their exams, James stood up on his chair. He proceeded to rip up his exam into microscopic pieces then threw them in the air, screaming, "MERRY CHRISTMAS!"

The first years smirked, they were used to James and Sirius's exam disruptions and began to anticipated them excitedly.

James then went up to Slughorn's desk and asked him very politely for a new exam. To James's surprise Slughorn gave him another. "Accidents happen, James, my boy." To say James was shocked would be an understatement. Looks like James underestimated Slughorn's liking of him. It infuriated him more because he knew Remus and Peter would not have gotten the same treatment.

Sure enough, 15 minutes James repeated the act and once again Slughorn pretended he didn't know James did it intentionally and gave him another exam.

Finally after doing it two more times Slughorn approached James. "James, it would seem to me that you are doing this intentionally. I would like to ask to refrain from this please."

James looked Slughorn directly in the eyes. He ripped his test in half, threw it in the air and screamed, "Merry Christmas, Professor!" With that he fled the room laughing.

"Thats okay, James!" Sluggy screamed at the open door, "I understand. You didn't have enough time to study! We can reschedule!"

If you haven't already guessed I hate Slughorn. :)