Presents, money, and whether Harry is totally self-centered

[adatole]

No: HPFGUIDX 36127

As always, appologies if this repeats a previous thread.

Harry has, by all accounts, a boatload of money. And he has often 
spent it on/with his friends in spur-of-the-moment purchases (Zonko's 
in PoA, the train in all books, etc).

Each Christmas, we are told in detail what Harry receives. He has 
received gifts from R&H, plus also Hagrid, Mrs (and we assume Mr.) 
Weasley, and Sirius (although it was unknown in PoA).

But we never see what he gets for the others, or even if he has ever 
done so!

Canon states that Ron and Hermione's birthdays fall during the year, 
and even though R&H have owled (can an animal be a verb?) Harry 
presents during the summer, again we have no indication that he 
remembered their birhtdays in any way.

Now perhaps this is due to the books being from Harry's perspective. 
Perhaps what he got them was "off-camera" and not worth writing 
about. 

I would hate to think that our hero Harry: good-hearted, loving and 
kind would be thoughtless enough to forget these things. But I would 
love to hear other people's opinions on the subject.

Leon