Madam, - What should Santa bring to families where there at least are two cars, two jobs, two houses, two TVs, two computers, four mobile phones, two spoilt children and two over-wrought parents?
Answer: Emotional stability, the presence and availability of at least one home-based, peaceful parent, home-made fun, quiet consistency and discipline and, perhaps, one less of everything. But plenty of reassuring love.
But what if Santa arrives with two more of everything unnecessary for true happiness? - Yours, etc,
ANGELA MACNAMARA,
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Kilmacud Road,
Dublin 14.