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An antidote to curbing your joy this Christmas

<span>Photograph: Christian Monterrosa/EPA</span>
Photograph: Christian Monterrosa/EPA

David Gerrard bemoans the appalling fare laid on by the BBC for Christmas Day (Letters, 19 December). Might I humbly suggest the antidote: Curb Your Enthusiasm series 11. Tracey Ullman as Irma Kostroski is off-the-scale funny – Larry David is the king of comedy.
Max Bell
Thame, Oxfordshire

• Despite a very difficult year, the delivery of the Guardian to my home every day has kept my spirits up no end. Thank you to all your staff for continuing to inform and amuse your readers during the pandemic.
Matthew Ryder
Buckden, Cambridgeshire

• In the same hymn where the unfortunate Painsy appears (Letters, 17 December), for many years as a little boy I wondered why a green hill would require a city wall anyway.
Christophe Pritchard
Wakefield, West Yorkshire

• As a child, I thought the three wise men in the Christmas carol were called Off, Orry and Tarr.
John Couper
Budleigh Salterton, Devon

• Being ancient, we shall be hibernating over Christmas, as we decided with the family that it is too dangerous for everyone to meet. So we’re going to make marmalade.
Christina Naylor
St Andrews, Fife

• I don’t think I’m ready to risk my life to keep the tills ringing in Wetherspoons, and if rebellious backbench Tory MPs wish to, it’s just Darwinism in action. Happy Christmas!
Dr Richard Miller
Addlestone, Surrey

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