I am fed up already with the Christmas hype. It is eighth day of October and all the big stores have lots of Christmas goods.

Christmas will be sad for many families after the New York disaster.

I am cutting down on cards this year - I'd rather give money to the grieving families who will never feel truly happy again.

Tony Blair wants us to spend - does he want us to be in debt too?

Charles Dickens' Scrooge character was great.

-Alice Bean, Sackville Road, Hove