Madam, - I found the letter entitled "Wish list for Christmas" (December 12th) condescending and deeply insulting.
While my family may have two cars, two jobs, two televisions etc, don't forget we commute in those cars for over an hour and a half to travel four miles. And yes, to own a home, we also have a mortgage the size of a small nation's debt . . . However, we do not, as your correspondent stated, lack "home-based fun, quiet consistency and discipline" and in no shape or form do my children lack love because we both work. I suggest your correspondent includes in her own wish list to Santa a less judgmental view on how others live their lives and perhaps a ladder to get down from her moral high ground. - Yours, etc,
SUSAN WILSON, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16.