Anathema goes sorting for that - it's the biggest of her packages, so she settles on it quickly. (Anathema's other presents are tagged from 'Tonks', 'The Elves', and 'Lisa'. 'The Elves' and 'Lisa' both seem to have sent something to Ellie, too, with Ellie's other two packages from 'Professor Reynolds' and... The last one doesn't have a tag, actually, and is a flexible thin square in very plain paper.)

Weird. "We'll have to get something for Lisa too next year..." she comments, opening that one. She'll save the unnamed present for last.

Anathema makes an excited noise about her jacket, pulling it on - "Yeah, and I need to get something for Professor Reynolds..."

Lisa's present turns out to be a fairly generic Christmas card on top of a cookie tin containing gingerbread snow men.

About what she expected. And the other two?

Professor Reynolds sent her a magic teapot and tea cup, that can sense what kind of tea's been put in it and brew a perfect cup, and that will never run out of water. The house elves possibly coordinated with her - they've sent Ellie a big pack of assorted fancy teas.

(Anathema seems to have gotten also gingerbread from Lisa, and a variety of cookies from the elves, and is rapidly moving on to Tonks' package.)

Aw. That's really thoughtful. She sets some to brewing, and tackles the last package.

It's... Fabric. Silvery and translucent - Ellie can see through it when she holds it up, but only kind of. It seems to strip colors from the world while leaving outlines intact. Shaking it out reveals it's a cloak. The fabric's really smooth, with no apparent weave at all, and it has a sort of soft slipperiness.

Huh. It's probably... some kind of magic cloak?

There's a bit of folded up parchment under the cloak.

Oh a note. What's it say?

Your father left this in my possession before he died. It's time it was returned to you. Use it well.

A very Merry Christmas to you.

The handwriting is entirely unfamiliar, neat and loopy, and it isn't signed.

That's not a little suspicious at all.

"Have you ever seen anything like this?" she asks Anathema, showing her the garment.

She squints, lowering the book Tonks and her dad got her to her lap. "Probably an invisibility cloak," she says after a couple moments. "Or another kind of magic cloak that wants to look like one, I guess. I think it looks a lot nicer than invisibility cloaks usually are? But even the less nice ones are really rare."

"Huh. Says it belonged to my dad."

"...Huh. I thought they mostly tend to fade pretty quickly? It looks new." Shrug. "Might be remembering wrong, though."

"...I'll ask Professor Reynolds about it," she decides, folding the cloak up.

"You don't want to try it on?"

"Maybe if the sender had attached their name."

She thinks. "Yeah, I guess it could be cursed. Though I dunno harmful stuff can get into Hogwarts..." Shrug.

"Yeah."

Bounce. "Let's go find Professor Reynolds, then?"

"She'll probably be at breakfast."

"Alright. I'm hungry now, too..."

Then it's off to breakfast. Ellie tucks the cloak into her pouch.

There's few enough students or staff staying over the winter break that they're all eating at a single table. Professor Reynolds has space open around her, and she waves to Ellie and Anathema when they enter, smiling.