On Christmas morning, Harry was not at all surprised to find a small mountain of presents by his bed.
They came in all sizes, some with names attached and some without.
Harry knew that some of them had probably come from his admirers in the Wizarding World. And there were quite a few of those.
A smaller number had come from younger students, both boys and girls. There were bound to be some from the first years in particular.
Naturally, presents from his classmates and friends made up part of the pile as well.
Harry had prepared gifts for his friends this year too. He had picked most of them himself, though he had entrusted Dobby with choosing a few according to the etiquette of Wizard families.
Harry did not dare let Dobby choose freely. Judging by his taste in clothes, Harry seriously questioned his aesthetic sense.
But if he followed Wizard etiquette, there would be no problem. After all, Dobby had worked for the Malfoy family for many years.
He knew all the ins and outs of Wizard etiquette.
Harry had only set the budget and had not paid much attention to the specific items. In any case, at a Galleon apiece, they could hardly be too bad.
In the Wizard World, a Galleon had some serious purchasing power. This was also a reasonably appropriate budget he had settled on after discussing it with Dobby.
Of course, for his closest friends, there was no need to worry about budgets or anything of the sort. Harry was not short of money these days.
He had originally wanted to give Ron a new broomstick, but the Twins had told him they would be giving Ron one for Christmas, so Harry had given him a top-of-the-line maintenance kit instead-the same kind Harry