SEVERUS SNAPE GETS STUCK WITH THE ORNAMENT-MAKING CLASS THIS CHRISTMAS
"Now pay attention, you tiresome little brats," Snape hissed. "It's very simple to do, if you're not a complete idiot. You paste the red puff on the front of the wooden clothespin, attach bent brown pipe cleaners for antlers, and glue the googly-eyes to the top of the notch." He held the ornament up for the class to see.
"A reindeer," he muttered sullenly. "Any questions?"
"Why do we have to do this?" Parvati asked. "We're wizards. We don't celebrate muggle religious holidays like Christmas."
Snape threw the tiny ornament aside angrily. "We do it because that's just what kids do in public schools before Christmas!" he snapped. "Jewish kids have to do it! Sarah Noble had to do it! EVERYONE HAS TO MAKE CRUDDY LITTLE ORNAMENTS TO GIVE TO THEIR PARENTS TO HANG ON THE TREE WHEN THEY GET HOME, PURELY FOR KITSCH VALUE!!"
The entire class went silent with fear.
"Now I want to see thirty gold macaroni weaths by the time this class ends," Snape continued in a dangerous voice. "Or fifty points from everybody's house."
"Stop eating the macaroni, Seamus!" he added.
"Now pay attention, you tiresome little brats," Snape hissed. "It's very simple to do, if you're not a complete idiot. You paste the red puff on the front of the wooden clothespin, attach bent brown pipe cleaners for antlers, and glue the googly-eyes to the top of the notch." He held the ornament up for the class to see.
"A reindeer," he muttered sullenly. "Any questions?"
"Why do we have to do this?" Parvati asked. "We're wizards. We don't celebrate muggle religious holidays like Christmas."
Snape threw the tiny ornament aside angrily. "We do it because that's just what kids do in public schools before Christmas!" he snapped. "Jewish kids have to do it! Sarah Noble had to do it! EVERYONE HAS TO MAKE CRUDDY LITTLE ORNAMENTS TO GIVE TO THEIR PARENTS TO HANG ON THE TREE WHEN THEY GET HOME, PURELY FOR KITSCH VALUE!!"
The entire class went silent with fear.
"Now I want to see thirty gold macaroni weaths by the time this class ends," Snape continued in a dangerous voice. "Or fifty points from everybody's house."
"Stop eating the macaroni, Seamus!" he added.