Toothpick and un-invitation to Privet Drive

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No: HPFGUIDX 77364

me, Occam:

> I'm re-reading CoS. Harry gets a toothpick for Xmas from the 
> Dursley's with a note asking him to see if he can stay at Hogwarts 
> for the summer holidays, too
<snip>
> What the h*** is Petunia thinking? Is this a FLINT? Since OoP we 
know 
> that Petunia knows Harry has to come home to keep LV off his back, 
> and we also know that Petunia has completely (if grudingly) 
accepted 
> this burden. Are we to assume she had nothing to do with the note, 
> that it was from Vernon Dursley and not "the Dursleys?"

sebfish5: 

 Harry would be just as safe as Hogwarts as long as Albus Dumbledore 
is there, but obviously, Dumbledore wants his own holiday, but you 
can't blame Petunia and the Dursleys for trying.

me, Occam:

Nope, can't blame her, but doesn't Harry  have to be there once a 
year to preserve the protection with Petunia? If she succeeded in 
getting Harry to stay at Hogwarts for the summer, wouldn't that mean 
that AD became HP's only safe haven, and that the Petunia protection 
would be lost forever?

-- Occam