#hufflepuff sorting

While every other house welcomes a new student with making them sit a their table with a few pats on their backs (and the usual house table cheer), the Hufflepuff table is different.

The prefects (including the Head Boy/Girl if they are Hufflepuff) all stand in front of the table, forming a guard of honor. When a new student is sorted into Hufflepuff, not only do they cheer up, but also the prefects, one by one, take the time to hug the new first year. And when (s)he sits down, the whole house shouts a wholeheartedly "WELCOME HOME"!

It slightly annoys the other houses, which the Hufflepuffs enjoy!!