Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 252 Another Christmas Eve

  Snowflakes are flying outside the window, falling on the frozen glass, Christmas is approaching, and the busy Anderson family is preparing for Christmas Eve.

The European and American classic Christmas song "White Christmas" is playing in the living room. With the help of Grandpa Luke, Nia tries to hang the biggest star on the top of the Christmas tree, while Shanna and Daisy are busy in the kitchen Looking at today's big meal and dessert, while Albert and Herb were bringing plates of delicious food to the table.

  The dinner was spent with laughter and songs, and the Christmas Eve program was broadcast on the TV program. There was still a lot of dinner on the table, especially the famous roast turkey at Christmas.

  People are not keen on this kind of food, there is no way, turkey meat is actually not very delicious.

  However, this dish will be included in the Christmas dinner every year, and everyone will eat some of it. It is not determined by whether it is good or not. Eating roast turkey at Christmas is a tradition, yes, they eat a tradition.

  In contrast, Christmas pudding and Christmas cake after dinner are more popular.

  Albert is enjoying a glass of steaming red wine. This wine is really mediocre after the first sip, but the more you drink it, the better it tastes, and the more you drink it, the warmer your body is. It is very suitable for drinking in snowy weather.

  As a member of the family, Fat Cat Tom also has his own dinner, a large piece of special salmon, and the grilled fish obviously arouses Tom's appetite more than canned cat food. By the way, this guy is still showing signs of gaining weight recently.

  Now, Tom, who is full of food and drink, is lying on the sofa and asking Albert to comb him.

   "Do vampires really exist in this world?" Nia asked Albert curiously after listening to Luke read the story of "Traveling with Vampires".

"There should be. However, I haven't seen it. If you encounter it, it's best to stay away from them, no matter whether the vampire has good intentions or not." Albert retrieved Tom who was about to slip away, and fiddled with his fingers cat ears.

   "Lockhart is so brave." Nia kind of admired the protagonist in the book.

"In the novel, Lockhart is indeed brave, but you need to distinguish between fiction and reality. After all, 99% of this kind of thing is fiction." Albert blinked at Nia, Remind: "It's like a fairy tale is full of lies!"

"I hate it, don't spoil the atmosphere." Nia couldn't help protesting, "Is Hogwarts fun? Our school is so boring, the students there feel a bit silly, and the boys like to play handsome, obviously they are all a bunch of people Fool."

   "You can't say that about others." Herb educated: "If you think so, it must be because you are smarter than them." He raised the corners of his mouth happily, and was very satisfied with his children, yes, very satisfied.

   "They are really stupid." Nia flattened her mouth and complained: "They always like to talk about some messy things. They are obviously a group of idiots who don't understand anything."

   "Don't make yourself look unique, you should learn to protect yourself." Albert reminded kindly.

   "I can practice karate or taekwondo." Nia waved her fist and said, "If anyone dares to bully me, beat them down like Albert did."

   "Girls shouldn't be so violent." Daisy looked at her son with a little dissatisfaction, blaming him for setting a bad example for Nia.

"Ahem, I think it's good to learn some self-defense skills, at least you can protect yourself from being bullied." Albert coughed lightly, and quickly changed the subject, "By the way, I made you an amulet, which is yours. Christmas gift."

   "You should give it to me at Christmas." Nia looked at the little ornament and asked curiously: "Is this the legendary unicorn? But, it's so small."

   "Because it's a pendant or amulet," Albert explained.

   "Is it effective?" Herb was more curious about the effect of the amulet, he knew that Albert would cast magic on some small things.

   "Just treat it as an ornament like a cross, and don't you think this thing is very delicate?" Albert reminded, "It will take a lot of time to carve this thing."

   "By the way, we don't even know when you learned to carve wood."

   "Learned in school."

   "Hogwarts still teaches this?" Herb was very surprised.

   "No teaching. However, you can learn by yourself." Albert explained helplessly.

   "Give the girl you like a wooden carving, maybe you will receive an unexpected surprise!" Heb seemed to remember something, and said suddenly, "I remember that you have always been very popular."

   "Is there?" Albert's face twitched slightly, and he didn't know what to say.

   "It would be great if I could receive an invitation letter from Hogwarts next year." Nia whispered, "In this way, I will be able to go to Hogwarts."

"Even if you can't go, after I graduate, I can take you to see the world of magic." Albert comforted softly: "However, if you are not a wizard, it is best not to miss the world of magic too much, it is nothing Good idea, ordinary people also have ordinary people's happiness."

   "Remember computers?"

   "I know a little bit." Niya nodded.

"In a few years, electronic products will become more and more developed, and mobile phones and computers will also become more and more developed. Next will be the era of electronics." Albert explained softly: "The magic world is poor in this respect. There are many, magic seems to interfere with electrical appliances, so the technology in the magic world is actually quite backward, the only thing I know so far is the magically modified radio."

   "The magic world still uses very old-fashioned records. After I graduate, I will also build my own house here."

   "I thought you would live in the world of wizards!" Daisy looked very happy. She didn't want her son to live in the world of wizards. She would definitely not be able to bear it if he suddenly disappeared without contact for ten or twenty years.

   "Are you going to work here?" Herb asked suddenly.

"No, in fact, with magic, it is very easy to make money, such as buying a lottery ticket and winning the jackpot." Albert winked at Herb and said with a smile, "There is a profession among wizards called Fortune tellers, powerful fortune tellers can predict part of the future, and naturally they can also predict the winning numbers of the lottery."

  At this moment, the Anderson family all looked at each other in blank dismay, never thinking that Albert would say such a thing.

   Get rich by winning the lottery?

   "Son, I thought you would continue to think about financial matters." Herb's expression became even weirder. He didn't want his son to use magic to do illegal things, although he didn't know whether winning the lottery was considered illegal.

  Heb has never doubted Albert's ability, maybe one day his son will suddenly win the tens of millions of dollars.

"Well, I was just joking just now. Winning the lottery is indeed the quickest way to make money, but predictions usually require talent in this area. Becoming a good fortune-teller is not just a matter of hard work." Ai Bo Te explained in a joking tone, "I only use runes for divination now."

   "Are you sure?" Nia seemed very interested in divination.

   "I don't know." Albert said uncertainly, "I'm just getting started, so it shouldn't be too accurate."

   "Try divination for me first."

  (end of this chapter)