In 14 - Harry’s Invisibility Cloak is not given by Santa Claus—the letter is unsigned unlike future letters—and is almost surely given by Dumbledore himself. Perhaps this is a hint toward the use of a time-turner? (Does Hermione know about Harry’s time-turner yet? )
63 is on the list—where Harry actually receives the gift from Claus.
Also, 43-47 has Harry going deep into his dark side, that’s probably more the clue than killing of the dementor.
In 14 - Harry’s Invisibility Cloak is not given by Santa Claus—the letter is unsigned unlike future letters -
The reason the later letters are signed “Santa Claus” is to signify that they are from the same anonymous person who was wishing Harry a merry Christmas and giving him an early Christmas present with the first note. Otherwise there would have been no reason to use the alias Santa Claus. It’s possible that they are from another person merely pretending to be that anonymous gift giver, but then it’s also possible for any appearance of a non-POV character to be someone else under the influence of polyjuice.
if you were going to make an objection of that kind it would have made a lot more sense to object to calling Hermione’s assailant H&C.
Aah, somehow I read your earlier statement to mean H&C & Santa Claus were the same.
And you’re absolutely right, Santa Claus is one person, and the name signifies it is the same person.
Looks like Harry told Quirrell that it was signed Santa Claus—we should assume in the future letters are from the same person or Q, since Q would definitely forge such letters if it was to his advantage.
“Although of course Harry hadn’t told Professor Quirrell who’d sent him the card, nor what it was supposed to do, before he’d asked Professor Quirrell if it was possible to tell where the portkey would send him.”
… Harry had shown Professor Quirrell the note that had accompanied the deck of cards, saying nothing of the earlier notes.
My hypothesis for now is SC = Dumbledore/Nicholas Flamel. H&C = Quirrell.
In 14 - Harry’s Invisibility Cloak is not given by Santa Claus—the letter is unsigned unlike future letters—and is almost surely given by Dumbledore himself. Perhaps this is a hint toward the use of a time-turner? (Does Hermione know about Harry’s time-turner yet? )
63 is on the list—where Harry actually receives the gift from Claus.
Also, 43-47 has Harry going deep into his dark side, that’s probably more the clue than killing of the dementor.
OT—Whoa! I didn’t realize that http://hpmor.com/chapter/58 had someone saying “I’m not serious”—awesome!
The reason the later letters are signed “Santa Claus” is to signify that they are from the same anonymous person who was wishing Harry a merry Christmas and giving him an early Christmas present with the first note. Otherwise there would have been no reason to use the alias Santa Claus. It’s possible that they are from another person merely pretending to be that anonymous gift giver, but then it’s also possible for any appearance of a non-POV character to be someone else under the influence of polyjuice.
if you were going to make an objection of that kind it would have made a lot more sense to object to calling Hermione’s assailant H&C.
Aah, somehow I read your earlier statement to mean H&C & Santa Claus were the same.
And you’re absolutely right, Santa Claus is one person, and the name signifies it is the same person.
Looks like Harry told Quirrell that it was signed Santa Claus—we should assume in the future letters are from the same person or Q, since Q would definitely forge such letters if it was to his advantage.
My hypothesis for now is SC = Dumbledore/Nicholas Flamel. H&C = Quirrell.
And 75th above makes a strong case for SC=D—http://lesswrong.com/lw/ams/harry_potter_and_the_methods_of_rationality/60uj