question about Harry the Dursleys and presents

[jastrangfeld]

No: HPFGUIDX 45565

Hi!

I was wondering, I'm almost positive I heard someone before say that 
Harry had never received presents before Hagrid gave him Hedwig.  
Maybe I'm wrong.  But I am rereading the books again, slowly before 
the 5th book comes out soon, and I notice that in SS Harry mentions 
his birthdays never being exactly fun, but that he'd been given a 
coat hanger and a pair of Uncle Vernon's old socks. 

I can almost reason then that the Dursleys would think it abnormal 
not to receive presents for Christmas and birthdays, and perhaps this 
is why they send him little stupid things all year round?

Julie