The entrance to the Great Hall is located on the right side of the main entrace of Hogwarts if you are coming from outside, however it is on your left if you are coming from down the stairs. Inside the Great Hall there are five long tables, the four in the center of the room are the house tables, from the left side of the room the tables are Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, Gryffindor, and then on the far right is Slytherin. The table at the head of the Great Hall and raised up on platform is the Staff Table where the teachers sit during meal times. The ceiling of the Great Hall is quite interesting, it is bewitched to like the night sky. The Great Hall can take on many forms and decorations, during Christmas it has giant christmas trees, fairies, huge wreathes of holly and other decorations, during halloween there are live bats, floating pumpkins, skeletons, etc. At the end of each year at the farewell feast, whichever house has the most house points and has won the house cup enjoys their meal much more than the other houses who have to suffer through eating under the colors and banner of the winning house. The Great Hall is also the site of apparating lessons, dueling clubs, the Yule Ball, and other events such as that. A new addition however has been made to the Great Hall this year. To the right of the staff table, on a tall stand is the Goblet of Fire, the Goblet of Fire is a pewter and crystal chalice that burns with blue white flames. Students who are of age can safely cross the age line and submit their names to the goblet, those who aren't of age will most likely sprout some very nice beards.