October. This meant that the kids from Hogwarts would all be swarming the village of Hogsmeade. And for the first time they would be allowed into the Hogshead.

Standing behind the bar and wiping a glass with a tatty and dirty looking rag, Samuel Huxley grimaced at the thought of kids invading his bar. But the other shopkeepers thought it would be good for business if they gave the kids coupons for free stuff at their shops.

He had been outvoted of course and so now he had to hand over free butterbeers. How does one make money by handing out free stuff?