[HPFGU-OTChatter] While on the topic of birthdays

[jenw74 at hotmail.com]

Wow thanks for letting us in on that story!  That is one spoiled kid!  I can hardly believe the extent they went for to make that birthday party so big.

I could never do that for my child.  I do think it is a neat idea for something like Make-A-Wish to do for a terminally ill Harry Potter fan.  

Otherwise, that is entirely too much money to spend on a three to five hour party!

Jennifer




  Have any others here seen this story (link at end of message - 
  otherwise that banner will hide part of it)- an American family on 
  holiday in North Wueensland, Australia, spent more than AU$ 20 000 
  (around US$10 000, I think) on their son's 13th birthday, making it a 
  Harry Potter recreation?  The whole thing included flying letters, 
  letter-delivering owls, steam-trains, actors playing Hagrid, Ron, 
  Hermione, Professor Dumbledore, and there was a recreated Great 
  Hall.  Apparently the event ended with a pyrotechnic display of some 
  battle between Harry and Voldemort. The story was linked from the-
  leaky-cauldron.org today.

  http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,4744864%255E2,00.html




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