Madam, - Congratulations to Carmel Grimley on her "cry from the heart" (September 29th) - and booh to untimely Christmas ads, trees, shopping, carols, cards and cooking. Let's live the present - October with its autumnal beauty, November with its closing evenings and cosy fires; and then - and not until then - let's enjoy and celebrate Advent and the glory and magic of a genuine and stress-free Christmas. - Yours, etc.,
MAEVE O'REILLY, Mespil Road, Dublin 4.