Dursleys and owl post

[ken_kuller]

No: HPFGUIDX 41528

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Heather Gauen <miss_dumblydore at y...> wrote:
[Snip]
> How do the Dursleys communicate with Harry at
> Hogwarts? They send him Christmas presents (however
> pathetic they may be) and letters telling him to find
> out if he can stay at school over the holidays, but I
> truly doubt they'd use owl post, and I also doubt that
> muggle post would make it to Hogwarts. 
> 
> The only explanation I can possibly come up with is
> that maybe there's an exchange office somewhere that
> transfers muggle mail with wizarding addresses over to
> owls and vice versa, but I somehow can't see that.
> Anyone have a better explanation?
> 
> Heather :)  


I asked my seven-year-old daughter about this when we reached the 
paragraph in CoS in which Hedwig delivered the Dursley's Christmas 
present to Harry, then nibbled affectionately on his ear. (The gift 
turned out to be a toothpick.) She thought about it for a few seconds 
and suggested that some Wizard knew there was a letter from Muggles 
for Hogwarts (just as the Improper Use of Magic Office knew that a 
hover charm had been used at Harry's residence), and sent an owl to 
fetch it out of the mailbox.

Ken Kuller