[HPforGrownups] Presents...

[Genevieve Pratt]

No: HPFGUIDX 19077

Amber asked:
> Why doesn't Hermione get any birthday or Christmas presents in the HP
books?
<snipped rest of rant>

IIRC, Jo has come out and said in one of the interviews that they do
exchange gifts, but that she doesn't write that in because if she wrote
everything like that in, the book would be too large to be manageable and
that it really wasn't necessary to the plot. I think she said that at the
same time she gave us Ron's and Hermoine's birthdays back in March, but heck
if I can recall the interview or who it was with. Someone want to help me
out here?

Now, why she didn't just add the one line like you suggest, I dunno. I do
agree that it would be nice to see that sort of thing mentioned in the book,
just to see Harry treat his friends right. But I guess I'll just have to
content myself with the knowledge that it's happening, just not where we've
seen it so far.

Genevieve