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LETTER: Cause of Christmas

Sir: The answer to Joe Boswell's conundrum (letter, 8 February) is straightforward. Christmas cards are sent in response to those received a year previously. Hence the rule of cause before effect is preserved.

RICHARD YORKE

Disley, Stockport

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