Madam, - Can something be done to control the crass commercialism of Christmas? Ban Christmas advertising until four to five weeks before the event perhaps? From early October children are bombarded with ads, with increasing frequency and pressure following the Halloween bangerfest. Children demanding, parents demented, capitalist determination.
Consumerism overwhelms children with the driven message that Christmas is the Christ-missing season. - Yours, etc.,
DENIS GILL,
Tivoli Close,
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Dun Laoghaire,
Co Dublin.