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Radio 4,24 Dec 2025,14 mins

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Late on Christmas Eve, a couple pack up the car for a country cottage getaway, trying to avoid their annual tradition of a Christmas row. The car heaving with food and presents, they finally set off into the night – but a strange encounter spins them off course. Tanya Moodie reads a short story by Jeanette Winterson, from her collection 'Christmas Days'. Abridged by Miranda Emmerson Produced by Emma Harding, Fay Lomas and Mair Bosworth Mixed by Ilse Lademann A BBC Audio production for BBC Radio 4

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