Literary Ladies
Christmas Movies
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Harry Potter
Canadian Waters
400

1944's "Absent in the Spring" is one of the non-mystery novels she wrote under the name Mary Westmacott

Agatha Christie

400

This Christmas movie title character is described as being cuddly as a cactus and as charming as an eel

The Grinch
400

Afghanistan

Kabul

400

These four houses make up the four houses of Hogwarts

Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Slytherin, and Hufflepuff

400

This body of water is the second largest bay in the world

the Hudson Bay

800

On Ursula Le Guin's passing, George R. R. Martin called her one of the great writers of these paired genres of the past century

Science fiction and fantasy

800

It's A Wonderful Life's George Bailey is visited by his guardian angel, named this

Clarence Odbody

800

Belize

Belmopan

800

This wizarding pub also serves as the London entrance to Diagon Alley

The Leaky Cauldron

800

This is the smallest of the great lakes, with a surface area of 18,960 kilometers

Lake Ontario

1200

She received the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her 1921 novel "The Age of Innocence"

Edith Wharton

1200

The film "Miracle on 34th Street" is based on this real-life department store

Macy's

1200

Slovenia

Ljubliana

1200

This author and publisher of wizard magazine "the quibbler" is also the father of Harry's friend Luna

Xenophilius Lovegood
1200

This river, named for the territory where it is located, is the longest in Canada

The Yukon River

1600

During the Harlem Renaissance, she wrote "Their Eyes Were Watching God"

Zora Neale Hurston
1600

In the movie Elf, this is the first rule in the The Code of the Elves

Treat every day like Christmas

1600

Nepal

Kathmandu

1600

A prophecy made by Sybill Trelawny foretelling Harry Potter and the Dark Lord's fates is found in this Ministry for Magic department

The Department of Mysteries

1600

One of the great rivers of North America, this river is named for one of the provinces where it is located, and includes two significant tributaries, one North and one South

the Saskatchewan River

2000

At 15 she wrote a satirical "History of England" by "a partial, prejudiced, & ignorant historian"

Jane Austen

2000

This 1990 Christmas movie remains the highest grossing live action Christmas movie of all time

Home Alone

2000

Ghana

Accra

2000
After winning the Tri-Wizard Tournament, Harry does this with his prize money

Gives to Fred and George Weasley to fund Weasley Wizard Weezes

2000

This northern located Canadian lake is not only the largest in Canada, but the eighth largest lake on Earth

Great Bear Lake