Anticipation for something could change a person's daily routine.
For example, when it came to Christmas presents, several of his dormmates woke up much earlier than Wizet on Christmas Day.
When Wizet opened his eyes, he caught a faint glimmer out of the corner of his eye;
He turned to look at Terry Boot's four-poster brass bed beside him and found Terry completely wrapped up in his blankets;
Besides the light shining from the edge of the blankets, there came a rustling sound—probably the sound of wrapping paper being torn open.
Anthony and the others had woken up as well. They rubbed their eyes haphazardly, not bothering to tidy their messy hair, then deftly slipped down from their four-poster beds and felt for the parcels piled at the foot of their beds.
Since everyone in the dormitory was awake, Terry stopped trying to hide it. He threw off his blankets and began opening his parcels openly.
Wizet was opening parcels too. The largest number of them came from his friends at school;
The parcels his friends sent were much like those from previous years, mostly gifts such as sweets, snacks, or stationery.
Mrs. Weasley's gift, like every year, was a thick, hand-knitted sweater;
The difference was the pattern on it. This year, it featured two fire dragons and a Quidditch championship trophy;
The design was probably inspired by the Quidditch World Cup final and the first task of the Five-Wizard Tournament;
Besides the hand-knitted sweater, the parcel also contained a greaseproof-paper package filled with something like meat pies.
Lucius Malfoy had sent a gift as well: a lavishly packaged collector's edition book;
It was a history of magic book from North America, detailing the course of the "Salem Witch Trials."
Only after Anthony and the others had finished