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The Magical Summer of 2023

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Dear Koko,  What is special about this summer vacation? This is perhaps the first real vacation you could enjoy, at home, lazing around, having no particular plans - spending long, sultry afternoons sipping on juice or, sheltered in a sleepy, curtained room. Every other year we either visit some place, or you go to day care or summer camp, but this year you just enjoyed and chilled out.  But that's not what was the most exciting part of this summer most definitely. Last year on your birthday I bought you the box set of Harry Potter - those 7 glorious books. When we were children and started reading these books, owning that red and yellow covered book with a boy with a scar on the cover was such a rush. Now the editions have changed and it comes in this cute box set where the pages have illustrations on the margins. I thought it was the best gift ever, and I have been told that perhaps it was more for myself than for you.  You read the first couple of books last year and w...