Dolores Jane Umbridge was a half-blood witch. Her father was a wizard, while her mother was a Muggle. Though it was hard to tell, she was actually one year younger than Severus Snape. Back at school, however, she had shown none of this passion for pink. As a Slytherin, she had displayed a sense of pride in green and silver, the colors that represented pure-bloods.
"So what happened to her? Did she eat some poisonous mushroom and suddenly lose her mind?"
Pomona used Wingardium Leviosa to hang an amanita muscaria ornament on a branch of the Christmas tree in the kitchen at Grimmauld Place.
This poisonous mushroom had an appealing appearance, and reindeer were said to love it. It grew at the roots of fir trees, providing nutrients for the reindeer while absorbing minerals needed for the fir's growth. The droppings of the reindeer it attracted then fertilized the fir tree, forming a beneficial symbiotic relationship.
"It cannot be denied that her outfit was certainly eye-catching." Severus stood beside a box full of glittering Christmas decorations, with absolutely no intention of helping.
"I heard Ron call her a pink toad." Pomona wrinkled her nose.
This might have been Ron's other talent besides chess. His nicknames were truly apt.
"Do you remember me telling you that Expecto Patronum does not require a 'positive personality'?" Severus said calmly. "She has a Patronus."
"She? Who?" Pomona asked in surprise.
He said nothing.
"Umbridge?" Pomona asked.
"She likes cats. Her office is filled with plates painted with cats."
More than what he had said, Pomona found something else even harder to accept.
"How could Umbridge have a Patronus?"
"There is more news." The double agent stepped forward, coming up behind Pomona and whispering in her ear.
"What news?"
"Do you remember the hearing before