Christmas is coming.For several days in a row, Hogwarts students woke up from their dreams to find that the surrounding area was covered with several feet of snow, and the lake was covered with hard ice.

The Weasley twins were punished for another mischievous act of bewitching several snowballs, causing them to chase Professor Quirrell around and smash into the back of his hood.

Harry felt that Quirrell, who was always smashed and wrapped in a hood, looked at the twins gradually becoming a little bit resentful.

A few owls flew through the snowy sky to deliver the mail. They had gone through all kinds of hardships, and now they had to recover their strength under Hagrid's care before they could continue to take off.

Everyone can't wait for the long Christmas break.Harry wasn't going back to Lemon Street for Christmas, so he decided to use the holiday to study the restricted section of the library.

The Restricted Section contains the powerful Dark Arts that are never taught in Hogwarts classrooms, only read by senior students when they are studying the advanced "Defense Against the Dark Arts", and to find any forbidden books, someone must be there. A note signed by the professor.

Harry usually didn't dare to come here blatantly, he didn't want Dumbledore or others to know that he was interested in black magic, but it should be much easier to sneak into the restricted area during the holiday than usual.

Ron and his two twin brothers are also planning to stay at Hogwarts for Christmas, as the Weasleys are visiting Charlie in Romania.

After the holiday, Ron and Harry had too much fun to think about Nicole Flamel.The dormitory was entirely at their disposal, the common room was much less crowded than usual, and they were able to occupy a few of the more comfortable armchairs by the fire.

Now, there they were, eating everything they could pick up with a spit—bread, flatbread, mushrooms, talking about things like Quidditch among the boys.

Ron also started teaching Harry how to play wizard chess.Wizard Chess is exactly the same as Muggle Chess, but its pieces are all alive, so it feels more like commanding an army to fight.

Ron's chess set was old and in tatters.Everything Ron owned originally belonged to other people in his family, and this chess set belonged to his grandfather.However, the fact that the chess pieces are older does not hinder in the slightest.Ron knew them very well and had no trouble getting them to do his bidding.

Harry was using the set of chess pieces that Seamus Finnigan had left him, and they didn't trust him at all.The chess pieces pointed at him one sentence at a time, making people lose their minds: "Don't send me there, don't you see his horse, send him there, it doesn't matter if he sacrificed."

By the time Harry went to bed on Christmas Eve, he had already mailed presents to his friends. This was the first Christmas he had been able to generously prepare presents for so many people.

Harry gave Hagrid a well-tailored long fur coat, and Harry noticed that the one Hagrid used to wear was very old;

He gave Hermione a copy of "Knowledge of the Wizarding World", and he thought Hermione would definitely like it;

What Ron was given was a new pair of ivory wizard chess. He noticed that Ron never played chess with other people in the dormitory, and his chess pieces were too old;

The posters for the twins are Quidditch stars, which are the twins' favorite stars;

It was a serpentine emerald green brooch for Draco, which was luxurious and understated.Because Draco was very dissatisfied with the memory ball he sent before, so Harry chose very carefully this time, and asked Mrs. Malkin to choose a pair of gloves in the store for Draco's mother who often sent him pastries. , Narcissa Malfoy.

And what was given to Snape was the most advanced microscope in the Muggle world. Harry noticed that the wizarding world only had a magnifying glass, but no microscope. Harry sometimes had to admit that the wizarding world was in some ways compared to the Muggle world. Incredibly behind!Although Snape hated Muggle items, Harry felt that this super-magnification microscope was very helpful for him to develop new potions;

In addition, Harry sent chocolates to everyone on the Quidditch team, as well as Draco's two young followers, Gower and Crabbe.

In the end, he packed a set of all kinds of snacks in the wizarding world, and asked Hedwig to give it to Dudley at No. 6 Xiangning Road.

As for Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon, Harry didn't think they would like anything in the wizarding world.

When he woke up the next morning, the first thing he saw was a pile of packages at the foot of his and Ron's beds.

"Merry Christmas," said Ron sleepily as Harry groped out of bed and put on his dressing gown.

"Happy to you too," said Harry. "The presents are here."

Harry picked up the topmost packet.It was wrapped in thick brown paper, and "Hagrid to Harry" was written on it with flying colors.Inside was a crudely made flute, which Hagrid had apparently made himself.Harry blew a little - it sounded a bit like an owl.

Next came a very small paper packet with a note inside:

"We got your letter with your Christmas present. Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia." Taped to the note with Scotch tape was a fiftypence coin.

Ron was fascinated by the coin.

"How queer!" he said. "Such a shape! Is this Muggle money?"

"You keep it." Harry said, seeing Ron's ecstatic look, Harry couldn't help but regret not giving him something from the Muggle world.

Then there was a beautifully packaged platinum package, which at first glance belonged to the Malfoy family.

Harry opened it, and it wasn't a gift from Draco, as Harry thought, but from Draco's mother, Narcissa Malfoy.It was a set of black wizard robes, which looked simple and elegant, very suitable for everyday wear, but the faint dark patterns on it showed that the clothes were definitely valuable.

Harry picked up another large, bulging paper packet.

"I think I know who this is from," said Ron, blushing slightly: "It was my mum. I told her you were looking forward to Christmas presents. Oh shit—" he groaned "She knitted you a sweater like the Weasleys!"

Ron glanced at the luxurious robe that Draco's mother gave him, and his face turned redder.

Harry tore open the wrapper to find a thick bright green hand-knitted sweater and a large box of homemade fudge.

"She knits us a sweater every year," said Ron, opening his own packet. "Mine are always burgundy!"

"She's so nice!" said Harry, who immediately pulled on the sweater and tasted another piece of fudge: "It's delicious!"

Ron seemed very happy about this, "Although it's not worth more than Malfoy's, uh, it's my mother's hand weaving."

Harry said he liked it.

The next present was mostly candy, including some people Harry didn't know.Hermione and Ron gave chocolates, and most of the team gave chocolates, occasionally there were books about Quidditch, and the twins gave weird beans.

There was also a gift from Snape, a copy of "The Development and Innovation of Potions". Ron wailed, "He really intends to train you to be a master of potions."

Harry had been surprised time and time again by the Christmas presents he had received, but none of them could compare to an unassuming, light paper bag.

The liquid-like silver-gray thing is piled up and shines brightly, but if you spread it out, you will find it is very light and thin.

Ron gasped, a look of awe on his face.

"I've heard of it," said Ron in a low voice, as he tossed aside the box of Weird Beans that Hermione had given him. "If I'm thinking right, it's an invisibility cloak, very, very precious, Something very, very rare, the only one in the wizarding world I guess!"

Harry picked up the gleaming silver fabric from the floor.It feels weird in the hand, as if it were woven with water.

Harry threw the Invisibility Cloak over his shoulders.

"Sure enough! Look down!" Ron shouted.

Harry looked down at his body, which was gone.He put the invisibility cloak on Ron, and Ron disappeared.He put the invisibility cloak on the pile of presents just now, and it also disappeared.

Harry retracted the Invisibility Cloak, and a note fell out of it.

Harry grabbed the letter, which read in a thin, circled script he had never seen before: "Your father bequeathed this to me before he died. Now It should be returned to you and put to good use. Merry Christmas to you from the bottom of my heart.”

Not signed.

Harry stared blankly at the note.

Ron marveled at the Invisibility Cloak. "If I can get such a thing, I can give up nothing," he said. "I can give up nothing. What's the matter with you?"

"It's all right," Harry said.But he felt that this matter was very strange. Who sent the invisibility cloak?Dumbledore?Lupine?Or someone else?Had it really belonged to his father before?

Before he could say anything or think about anything, Ron pointed to the last package left on the ground and called out: "So, this huge package was sent by little Malfoy? It looks like a huge He only gave me a bag of mouse grains, and of course, I didn’t give him any good things either!”

Harry opened the package curiously. It was very tightly packed. Harry took apart several layers to reveal a little metal frame with patterned carvings.

It does look like a painting, Harry thought.

Hiss——opened the last layer of packaging, and immediately a gleaming silver thing jumped out quickly, standing upright in front of Harry.

"Oh, my God!" came a thin, but confident voice: "My terrible master, what are you wearing? Have you stripped the toads and toads alive? Oh, I Can’t believe it, this is the absolute most naked disgrace to me as a wizarding fashion icon! I’ve never seen such a bad match, what’s in your head? You’ve got a whole bag of slugs Got it in your head? Oh, I'm so good at allowing my master to dress like this, a house-elf is more neatly dressed than you - without opening your wardrobe!"

"Oh, and you! Red hair, freckles, what are you wearing?! You are not as good as the skin of a toad or a toad! How do you still have the courage to live in this world? How do you resist the contemptuous eyes of the world? Live strong?"

Harry and Ron stood in front of this gorgeous full-length mirror, completely dumbfounded.

On Christmas morning, they were scolded bloody by an arrogant mirror.

The dormitory door was flung open, and Fred and George Weasley rushed in.Harry hurriedly covered the invisibility cloak on the full-length mirror that Draco gave him to avoid a greater disaster.

"Merry Christmas!", "Hey, look - Harry got a Weasley sweater, too!" Fred and George both wore blue sweaters, one with a big, yellow "F" on it, Another has a big, yellow "G" on it.

"Harry's is better than both of us," said Fred, holding up Harry's sweater. "Mum is more careful with people who aren't hers, obviously."

"Why don't you put on yours, Ron?" George asked. "Come on, put on, this sweater is nice and warm."

"I don't like burgundy," Ron grumbled half-truly, pulling the sweater over his head.

"You and Harry have an R and an H on your sweaters," George commented. "Mom probably thinks you'll forget your names too."

"What's the noise here?" Percy Weasley poked his head in through the crack of the door with a dissatisfied expression on his face.

Apparently he's also unwrapping his Christmas presents, because he's wearing a bulging sweater over his arm.

Fred grabbed it and said, "Put it on, Percy, come on, we've all put it on, and even Harry got one."

"I - don't want to - wear -" Percy mumbled, and the twins, ignoring 21, forced the sweater over Percy's head, knocking his glasses out of order.

"And you're not allowed to sit with the prefects today!" said George. "Christmas is family time." They carried Percy out of the room.Platinum's arms were tightly bound by the sweater, unable to move.

After the Christmas banquet at Hogwarts, Harry and the Weasley brothers had a snowball fight on the playground, had a crazy afternoon and had a great time.Then, terribly cold and wet, they went back to the fire in the common room, panting.

Ron tried out his new chess pieces and beat them all very well.

After a tea of ​​turkey sandwiches, scones, marmalade, and Christmas cake, everyone felt too full and a little sleepy.They didn't want to do anything else before they went to bed, just laughing as Percy chased Fred and George around Gryffindor Castle as the twins snatched Percy's prefect badge.

It was the happiest Christmas Harry had ever had.

However, throughout the day, one thing always lingered in his mind.He didn't have time to think about it until after going to bed:

The cloak, and the man who gave it to him.

The author has something to say: I want to know why "Toad" is blocked, is it because of Mr. Toad?

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