Christmas spirit

sir – Several friends have informed me that instead of sending Christmas cards they plan to give the equivalent sum to charity (Letters, November 29).

I pointed out that it is possible both to donate to charity and send a card. I now seem to have fewer friends. Simon Baseley

Boyton, Cornwall

sir – My wife informs me that she has just heard Chris Rea’s Driving Home For Christmas on the radio for the first time this year. How many more times must we hear it before he arrives? Paul Webb

Hinckley, Leicestershire