Hello, Opinion readers! I am back for less than an hour after the holidays and have already taken three calls inquiring whether we are not going to be printing letters any longer.

We don’t usually print letters on Mondays, but this week our skeletal holiday production schedule also gave us only one Opinion page on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Have no fear! Tomorrow (the first day this year we’ll have our usual two editorial pages) the letters will return in full force. Thank you for your patience, and happy new year to all.