[HPforGrownups] The ancient magic of gifts

[JessaDrow at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 57037

In a message dated 5/5/03 11:28:35 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
ersatzharry at yahoo.com writes:

> I've been finding myself wondering if the Dursleys' miserable
> Christmas presents to Harry are part of this same ancient magic, that
> somehow the giving of a gift, even one so slight as a tissue, confers
> some kind of protection on the recipient, at least if given by a
> relative.  Presumably gift-giving is not something the Dursleys would
> have done on their own, no more so than they would have taken care of
> Harry in the first place.  But I assume Dumbledore's original letter
> to them was persuasive.
> 
> And let us not that some other gifts in the story have semi-magical
> powers.  I'm thinking particularly of the gift of clothing to a
> house-elf, though there may be others.
> 
> 


Faith

I had always assumed they sent him gifts because Dumbledore went out of the 
way every year to send them an owl, asking if they wanted to send a gift to 
their nephew. So they sent little junk, rather than not send anything and 
risk Dumbledores wrath.

~Faith~


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