Let me start off by saying that Formal Dinner is the most exciting thing that can happen in a dining hall. If you ask "How is this night different from all other nights?" the answer is, much like the Passover seder's response, fourfold: On this night you must sign up to attend dinner and may bring a date, making it exclusive On this night everyone dresses nicely and looks moderately attractive, on other nights the only assurance is that people are dressed On this night the food is good and served to you in 3 courses, on all other nights you yourself retrieve 2.5 lbs of pasta (few choices, large servings!) (meaning it also costs more $ but who really cares, our parents pay it anyway...) It's more than kinda like Harry Potter You dress up
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