No one really minded that they didn’t find any leads before the holidays. After all, if Voldemort and his remaining supporters were so deep in hiding that they hadn’t been seen or heard from since the Battle of Hogwarts, it stood to reason that Christmastime would hardly be the setting for his grand return. Hermione gladly pushed away the niggling thought that they really had no new information as she joined the Weasleys at the Burrow for the holiday, gorging herself on Molly’s cooking and avoiding being alone in the same room as Ron. She even rang in the New Year with fancy muggle champagne, cheering along with everyone else when Harry had drunkenly shouted, "To 2001, the year we finally kill that snaky fuck!"