Every professor had put a tremendous amount of thought into decorating the Great Hall.
Magic kept the fireworks perpetually brilliant, dancing and leaping through the air, transforming into all sorts of shapes.
Stars twinkled while carved pumpkin lanterns floated in midair, pulling all kinds of wacky and hilarious faces. The professors used magic to bring gingerbread-like candy people to life; they mischievously played tricks on people's shoulders, and if you weren't paying attention, they would jump straight into the mouth you were currently using to speak.
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