CHRISTMAS is almost here again. Another year has passed so quickly.

This time of year is by tradition a time of giving and receiving gifts.

For many, sadly it will be a very poor Christmas. Many have lost their jobs through a decline in business while the fat cats are creaming off huge profits and bonuses.

Why is it that money is not shared out more evenly?

Some years ago people were given jobs in the run up to Christmas.

Firms employed extra staff from September until just before Christmas. This money was a great help for many.

Today it's nothing but cutbacks one person is expected to do two or three people's work. Supermarkets are always short staffed, staff are being constantly called off the shop floor to go on the check-outs and customers get fed up when they cannot get the goods they are looking for.

All those millionaires think about is making huge profits. Money is their God, people look up to them as if they were.

The greatest man that ever walked this earth was born in a stable that is what Christmas is all about.

Just think about that.

MARY CALLEN,

Farningham Road,

Tottenham.