What's with the tissue?

[laylalast]

No: HPFGUIDX 95053

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at m...> 
wrote:
>  <ladyramkin2000 at y...> wrote:
> >x> What exactly is going on with the "gifts" the Dursleys send 
Harry 
> at 
> > Christmas e.g. a single tissue, a 50p coin? Why do they bother 
to 
> > send him anything?  Is it part of the contract Petunia has 
> > reluctantly agreed to, to protect Harry, that some token must be 
> sent 
> > and is she sending the very least she can get away with?  
> 
> Potioncat:
> I was wondering about that too, and came up with pretty much the 
same 
> thought.  Somehow it is a requirement.  I notice that they do not 
> give  him a birthday present. Perhaps it's required that they 
> acknowledge him with a gift while  he's away from the house. Since 
we 
> are starting to think that her protection of Harry may give her 
> protection as well, she would be motivated to send gifts. (Perhaps 
> Father Christmas brings them to Hogwarts?)
> 
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Lilian:

As to the way the gifts are send, in PS/SS (I believe or other it is 
CoS, a bit too lazy to look it up, sorry) the Dursleys -kind of- 
thank Harry for the card he has send them and return that by sending 
him his gift. Harry will have send his card by means of Hedwig, so 
my guess is that the Dursleys send Harry's gift by return owl, no 
matter how reluctant they might have been to use Hedwig.

Just my thoughts.

Lilian