Dursleys/Hogwarts Attendance/Canary Creams

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No: HPFGUIDX 11187

Alright... There's no WAY the Dursleys would ever send anything by owl 
post. And there's no WAY that any Muggle postman knows where Hogwarts 
is. So how do the Dursleys' Christmas presents, meager though they may 
be, get to Harry on Christmas?
Secondary thought: What happens if a child gets a letter saying 
they've been accepted and the parents decide not to let them go? I 
mean, obviously, Harry was going to go whether the Dursleys gave the 
OK or not. But what about your more run-of-the-mill wizard-kids, who 
haven't defeated any Dark Lords? We hear Draco talking about the 
possibility of his being sent to Durmstrang. So is it possible that 
some parents (I would assume mostly Muggle parents) choose not to send 
their kids to Hogwarts? And would this screw up the wizarding 
population estimates?
Also, just as an addendum to the transfiguration/animagi thing, what 
about Gred and Forge's Canary Creams? They would seem to be a 
"wandless magic" (although I suppose they could fall under the 
heading of Potions, as they must be ingested to work), and it's 
something that Fred and George are able to do. Now, they're no 
dummies, but they're no Percy either. Just a thought.
-Mike