Don't mention the c-word

Madam, - I cannot abide Christmas; and last Thursday you saddened my heart with a full page of advertisements for Christmas parties. - Yours, etc,

NORA MULCAHY,

Ashton Avenue,

Knocklyon,

Dublin 16.

Madam, - In a large department store on Grafton Street last week I saw a display of artificial coniferous trees decorated with silver baubles. The trees in my garden and neighbourhood are currently just toying with their new colour schemes, as they know what season it is. - Yours, etc,

BD WHITE,

Nobber,

Co Meath.