[Sad. Sirius shakes his head, not necessarily surprised--Alayne hadn't known of Christmas either--but that doesn't make it any less sad.]

And my father's Orion Black. Now we know a little more about each other.

No, Father Christmas. He brings gifts once a year, if you've been very good. Or even if you haven't, really, they just use the 'if you've been good' bit to frighten you into behaving. If the clubs were from him, they'd have been wrapped.