Madam, – Jenny Morton (December 17th) encountered some difficulty in obtaining non-religious stamps for her non-religious Christmas cards.
In contrast, I encountered difficulty in obtaining religious Christmas cards for my religious stamps. Persistence, however, paid off, as it would have done for Ms Morton: the excellent “birds” stamps, designed by the talented Susan Sex.
But since Christmas is a religious festival, commemorating the birth of the baby Jesus, why does Ms Morton bother? Would she not be better sending cards to mark the pagan festival of the Winter solstice? – Yours, etc,