Sir, - I have seen Christmas goods in several shops of late - too soon. Pity the children who will put pressure on their parents to buy. The Government would be held in much higher esteem if it channelled its energies towards protecting our children from consumerism rather than spending taxpayers' money on a stadium construction costing over £550 million. Childhood is too precious to be wasted. - Yours, etc.,
Brenda Morgan, Howth, Co Dublin.