As a rational atheist, I am certain that warnings founded on superstition are nonsense and deserve to be ignored. Dominic RaynerLeeds• One way to deal with lockdown at the dreariest and most depressing time of the year is to forget Twelfth Night and keep the Christmas decorations up until it is over. They are invaluable for lighting the open wood fire that I burn occasionally in the winter. Gordon BluntMarket Harborough, Leicestershire• “Voice notes” (Covid has made ‘voice notes’ the perfect way to stay connected, 3 January) are not the exclusive innovation of always-online iGen youth. Crusty old baby boomers can do voice notes too – except in my day we used to call it “leaving a message on your answering machine”.

Source: The Guardian January 05, 2021 17:48 UTC