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[sandmusings]

Second entry!? #maxpelliarmus #harryxmastoyou

[elliottreads-blog]

#HARRYXMASTOYOU / sorcerer’s stone

To be honest I didn’t have that much fun rereading Sorcerer’s Stone. Which was completely unexpected since I was so frigging excited for #HarryXmasToYou. I bought the books (again), followed the official Twitter, started bouncing around Harry-related vlog ideas. Yet once Dec 1 came around, and I cracked open the long-anticipated book, so crisp and new, I felt ... nothing. A month of giddy anticipation, and then just that: nothing. No excitement, no tidal wave of nostalgia. Nothing. I couldn’t believe it.

That lack of feeling, of desperate interest, continued to evade me through the entire book. I continued reading it though, so determined I was to enjoy it. I kept on thinking: maybe the next chapter, the next chapter, the chapter after that. One of these chapters, I will finally find the nostalgia I am looking for, the feeling of homecoming, the rush of relief upon uniting with a dear, old friend. But I didn’t. And I still don’t really understand why.

I wonder if it’s because I’m different now. I’m no longer the 12-year-old who was introduced to Harry's story, almost against her will. Who had scoffed at the idea of a boy who did magic. Who later ate her own words over Christmas when she found herself glued to the pages of her cousin’s hardcover. I’m twice that age now, and perhaps too old to appreciate the wide-eyed innocence through which Harry experiences his first year at Hogwarts. Which kind of sucks, considering how much this book means to me. 

But I take heart in what C. S. Lewis wrote to his goddaughter: 

“... some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”

I hope the same is true for me one day. 

⚡  Shout out to Family House Stampin’ and craftedvan for my HP merch! ⚡

[hplealtaylor21]

#maxpelliarmus challenged us to share some childhood photos for #harryxmasstoyou this is me as a baby, todler, child and when i was Hermione for Halloween. #slytherinpride

[thegalaxypanda1996]

This is for @harryxmastoyou Challenge of showing childhood pictures that @welldonebooks is doing when I was little I didn't want to be a princess I wanted to be a Space Ranger of star command lol I was about 7 or 8 in this picture #maxpelliarmus #harryxmastoyou #childhoodpicture #childhood #buzzlightyearofstarcommand #buzzlightyearcostume #buzzlightyear

[sandmusings]

I am freaking adorable!! 😍 #harryxmastoyou #maxpelliarmus