Christmas was coming. One morning in mid-December, Hogwarts woke to find itself covered in several feet of snow. The lake froze solid and the Weasley twins were punished for bewitching several snowballs so that they followed Quirrell around, bouncing off the back of his turban.
Quotes about mid-december (14 Quotes)
We saw a lot of people taking advantage of the free supersaver shipping before its deadline in mid-December.
There's no possible way I'd be ready to pitch (in the World Baseball Classic). Trust me, I'd love to have the chance to represent my country, that's everyone's dream to hold the flag. But I would have had to start throwing by mid-December to be in game shape by then and I've just started to throw lightly now.
A welcomed relief from severe mid-December weather precipitated sales surges in the Midwest and Northeast. However, other parts of the country experienced just the opposite trend because of the ice storm which paralyzed parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas.
Whatever happens, both the campaign and the new government that will take over have to address the issue of federalism, have to address money, have to address national versus provincial versus local power which is different from provincialism and federalism. They have to address the role of religion in politics, the constitution forces the new government to do that. So what we're talking about is a period, which to put it mildly, is already troubled which will last through mid-December when the election occurs and then almost certainly is going to last another three months while a government takes over. And this is the reality whether people would like to spin this into a symbol of democracy or not.
You want to try and have them peak at this time of year rather than in mid-December. We focus on trying to finish as strong as possible. If you can do that, you're in good shape.
Roger and I (will) meet in mid-December to play what we have written, ... If we move ahead from there, we may have a CD ready to release in the spring. If the recording works out, we will tour with the usual band in the first half of 2005.
Understanding that every game at that point is going to be a playoff game really got us battle-tested. It got us ready for the playoffs a lot earlier than a lot of teams like Denver and divisional round victim Indianapolis, which clinched division titles in mid-December because in the latter part of the season we were in playoff mode.
No major decision is expected soon. The tough bargaining is likely to last until mid-December -- Berlusconi hopes for a signing ceremony in Rome by mid next year.
Black Monday was only the 12th highest online spending day of the 2004 holiday season. Last year, peak sales days actually occurred in mid-December as consumers scrambled to take advantage of late-season discounts and free-shipping offers.
I think the games in Baton Rouge will start in mid-December based on the parameters we got from the people at LSU, ... We're still in negotiations.
I wouldn't say we're out of the woods, because if we had a protracted arctic blast across the northern half of the country, that would turn the price around again, but we're still in a much better situation than we were in mid-December.
If the Monday after Thanksgiving is the day to shop online, the Tuesday in mid-December is the time to steal.
Mohamed Abukar The Florida transfer and former Rancho Bernardo High standout forward has been medically cleared from a stress fracture in his shin. Abukar will be eligible as a junior in mid-December. We might monitor his preseason work, but the doctors are satisfied with where he is, ... They have been very conservative with him. But now they have let him loose and we and our training staff will dictate what he does. I would imagine it will be at a pretty aggressive pace.